Zakerana_greenii

<i>Minervarya greenii</i>

Minervarya greenii

Species of amphibian

"Montane frog" redirects here. For other uses, see Montane frog (disambiguation).

Minervarya greenii (common names: montane frog,[1][2] Sri Lanka paddy field frog[3]) 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 rainbow trout.[1]

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References

  1. [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. [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. [3]
    "Sri Lanka paddy field frog (Fejervarya greenii)". ARKive. Wildscreen. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 15 September 2015.


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