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Lankanectes corrugatus

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(Redirected from Sri Lanka wart frog) Species of amphibian

Lankanectes corrugatus
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Nyctibatrachidae
Genus: Lankanectes
Species: L. corrugatus
Binomial name
Lankanectes corrugatus
(Peters, 1863)
Synonyms

Rana corrugata Peters, 1863

Lankanectes corrugatus (common names: Sri Lanka wart frog, corrugated water frog) is a species of frog in the family Nyctibatrachidae. It was once monotypic within the genus Lankanectes, until the second species - Lankanectes pera was described in 2018 from Knuckles Mountain Range. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

L. corrugatus is an aquatic frog species inhabiting slow-moving rivers in marshy areas. It is a common species. Threats to it are agrochemical pollution and wetland reclamation for housing and vegetable farms.

References

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Lankanectes corrugatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58324A156580051. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58324A156580051.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lankanectes corrugatus (Peters, 1863)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lankanectes Dubois and Ohler, 2001". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  4. "A new frog species from rapidly dwindling cloud forest streams of Sri Lanka—Lankanectes pera". Zootaxa 4461(4):519-538. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  5. Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. pp. 509–510.
Taxon identifiers
Lankanectes corrugatus


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