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Zakerana greenii

Zakerana greenii
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Zakerana
Species: Z. greenii
Binomial name
Zakerana greenii
(Boulenger, 1905)
Zakerana greenii map-fr.svg
Range of F. greenii in Sri Lanka
Synonyms

Rana greenii Boulenger, 1905
Fejervarya greenii (Boulenger, 1905)


Rana greenii Boulenger, 1905
Fejervarya greenii (Boulenger, 1905)

Zakerana greenii (common names: montane frog,Sri Lanka paddy field frog) is a species of frog that is endemic to the hills of central Sri Lanka. 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 trout.



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