Biology:Polypedates cruciger

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Polypedates cruciger
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Rhacophoridae 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

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Polypedates cruciger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T58943A156586422. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58943A156586422.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58943/156586422. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 

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