''Minervarya asmati'' (Bangladeshi cricket frog) is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

s found in the

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

and

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. Its type locality is on the University of Chittagong campus. It was described by Mohammad Sajid Ali Howlader in 2011.

Description

The species is characterized by a male snout–vent length (SVL) of and female SVL of . Its basic colour varies from olive green to greenish brown. Males have a butterfly shaped vocal marking.

Behaviour

The species breeds in temporary pools. Male ''Minervarya asmati'' call for females; females prefer choruses rather than single or few calling males.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3068037 asmati Endemic fauna of Bangladesh Amphibians of Bangladesh Frogs of Asia Amphibians described in 2011