Polypedates cruciger
| Polypedates cruciger | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Polypedates |
| Species: | P. cruciger |
| Binomial name | |
| Polypedates cruciger Blyth, 1852 | |
Polypedates cruciger (commonly known as the Sri Lanka whipping frog or common hour-glass tree-frog) is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family endemic to Sri Lanka.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds.
References
- Manamendra-Arachchi, K., de Silva, A. & Bambaradeniya, C. 2004. Polypedates cruciger. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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