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Minervarya greenii

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Minervarya greenii
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Minervarya
Species: M. greenii
Binomial name
Minervarya greenii
(Boulenger, 1905)
Range of F. greenii in Sri Lanka
Synonyms
  • Rana greenii Boulenger, 1905
  • Fejervarya greenii (Boulenger, 1905)
  • Zakerana greenii

Minervarya greenii (common names: montane frog, Sri Lanka paddy field frog) is a species of frog that is endemic to the hills of central Sri Lanka. 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 rainbow trout.

References

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Minervarya greenii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58271A156579645. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58271A156579645.en. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Minervarya greenii (Boulenger, 1905)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  3. "Sri Lanka paddy field frog (Fejervarya greenii)". ARKive. Wildscreen. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
Taxon identifiers
Fejervarya greenii


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