Back Mercurana myristicapalustris Spanish مرکوریانا FA Mercurana myristicapalustris French Mercurana Italian Mercurana myristicapalustris Dutch Dahoditłééʼgóó hodíłchʼiltah chʼał NV Mercurana myristicapalustris Portuguese Mercurana myristicapalustris Russian Mercurana SIMPLE
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| Mercurana myristicapalustris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Mercurana Abraham et al., 2013 |
| Species: | M. myristicapalustris
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| Mercurana myristicapalustris Abraham et al., 2013
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Mercurana is a genus of arboreal frogs belonging to the family Rhacophoridae. The genus was named from the only known species Mercurana myristicapalustris, which was described in 2013 from the Western Ghats of Kerala, India. The generic name was derived from and given as a tribute to Freddie Mercury, the late vocalist of the British rock band Queen, in combination with the Latin name for "frog" (Rana, which is also the name of the most common frog genus).[1][2] The frog is different from other related frogs in that it has extensively webbed toes, lives only in swampy lowlands, and lays its eggs on mud with which it carefully mixes leaf litter.
- ^ Abraham, Robin Kurian; R. Alexander Pyron; Ansil B. R.; Arun Zachariah; Anil Zachariah (2013). "Two novel genera and one new species of treefrog (Anura: Rhacophoridae) highlight cryptic diversity in the Western Ghats of India". Zootaxa. 3640 (2): 177–189. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3640.2.3. PMID 26000411.
- ^ "New frog species named after Freddie Mercury". kingsnake.com. OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.