Biology:Minervarya greenii

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Minervarya greenii
Zakerana greenii.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Minervarya
Species:
M. greenii
Binomial name
Minervarya greenii
(Boulenger, 1905)
Fejervarya greenii map-fr.svg
Range of F. greenii in Sri Lanka
Synonyms
  • Rana greenii Boulenger, 1905
  • Fejervarya greenii (Boulenger, 1905)
  • Zakerana greenii

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

Wikidata ☰ Q3068046 entry