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) |
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Range of F. greenii in Sri Lanka | |
Synonyms | |
Rana 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.