Sri Lankan Painted Frog | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Microhylidae |
Genus: | Kaloula |
Species: | K. taprobanica |
Binomial name | |
Kaloula taprobanica (Parker, 1934) |
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Synonyms | |
Kaloula pulchra Parker, 1934 |
The Sri Lankan Painted Frog or Sri Lankan Bullfrog Kaloula taprobanica is a species of narrow-mouthed frog found in Bangladesh, southern and eastern India and Sri Lanka up to an altitude of 1,300 m. It is a common species, which is up to 75 mm long from snout to vent. It was originally described as a subspecies of Kaloula pulchra, ssp. taprobanica.