Zakerana greenii
"Montane frog" redirects here. For other uses, see Montane frog (disambiguation).
| Zakerana greenii | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Zakerana |
| Species: | Z. greenii |
| Binomial name | |
| Zakerana greenii (Boulenger, 1905) | |
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| Range of F. greenii in Sri Lanka | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rana greenii Boulenger, 1905 | |
The montane frog, (Zakerana greenii), 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 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.