Hylarana gracilis

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Gravenhorst's frog
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: "Amphibia" (wide sense)
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Hylarana
Species: H. gracilis
Binomial name
Hylarana gracilis
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
Synonyms[2]
  • Rana gracilis Gravenhorst, 1829
  • Limnodytes macularius Blyth, 1855 "1854"

Hylarana gracilis or Gravenhorst's frog is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Its natural habitats are freshwater marshes, agricultural lands, and grassland and bush forests.

References

  1. Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Anslem de Silva, Deepthi Wickramasinghe (2004). "Hylarana gracilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 7 April 2010. 
  2. Frost, Darrel. "Hylarana gracilis (Gravenhorst, 1829)". Amphibian Species of the World. AMNH. Retrieved 7 April 2010. 


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