| Minervarya dhaka | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Minervarya |
| Species: | M. dhaka |
| Binomial name | |
| Minervarya dhaka (Howlader, 2016) | |
| Synonyms | |
Fejervarya dhakaHowlader, 2016 | |
Minervarya dhaka is a species offrogs found inDhaka,Bangladesh. Specimens have been collected from the campus ofSher-e-Bangla Agricultural University inDhaka and also fromMymensingh Division.
Other geographically proximal species areMinervarya nepalensis,Minervarya pierrei,Minervarya syhadrensis,Minervarya teraiensis, andMinervarya asmati.[1]
It was discovered in 2016 inDhaka, the capital ofBangladesh and amegacity. The particular frog was established to be a separate species using two mitochondrial DNA genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA), by research supported by the "Ecological Genetics Research Unit" in the Department of Biosciences of theUniversity of Helsinki,Finland.[1]