Biology:Minervarya greenii
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Short description: Species of amphibian
| Minervarya greenii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Minervarya |
| Species: | M. greenii
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| Minervarya greenii (Boulenger, 1905)
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| Range of F. greenii in Sri Lanka | |
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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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58271/156579645. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Minervarya greenii (Boulenger, 1905)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Minervarya/Minervarya-greenii.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka paddy field frog (Fejervarya greenii)". ARKive. Wildscreen. http://www.arkive.org/sri-lanka-paddy-field-frog/fejervarya-greenii/.
Wikidata ☰ Q3068046 entry
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