Zakerana greenii

"Montane frog" redirects here. For other uses, see Montane frog (disambiguation).
Zakerana greenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Subfamily: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Zakerana
Species: Z. greenii
Binomial name
Zakerana greenii
(Boulenger, 1905)
Range of F. greenii in Sri Lanka
Synonyms

Rana greenii Boulenger, 1905
Fejervarya greenii (Boulenger, 1905)

Zakerana greenii (common names: montane frog,[1][2] Sri Lanka paddy field frog[3]) is a species of frog that is endemic to the hills of central Sri Lanka.[2] It lives in wetland habitats within montane tropical moist forests. It is threatened by habitat loss, pollution, desiccation of wetlands, forest fires as well as predation by introduced trout.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi; Anslem de Silva (2004). "Zakerana greenii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Zakerana greenii (Boulenger, 1905)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sri Lanka paddy field frog (Fejervarya greenii)". ARKive. Wildscreen. Retrieved 15 September 2015.


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