Lankanectes corrugatus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Nyctibatrachidae
- Genus
- Lankanectes
- Species
- Lankanectes corrugatus
- Scientific Name
- Lankanectes corrugatus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lankanectes corrugatus
Lankanectes corrugatus (common names: Sri Lanka wart frog, corrugated water frog) is a species of frog in the family Nyctibatrachidae. It was once monotypic within the genus Lankanectes, until the second species - Lankanectes pera was described in 2018 from Knuckles Mountain Range. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
L. corrugatus is an aquatic frog species inhabiting slow-moving rivers in marshy areas. It is a common species. Threats to it are agrochemical pollution and wetland reclamation for housing and vegetable farms.
...Lankanectes corrugatus in languages:
- Czech
- skokan cejlonský
- English
- Corrugated water frog
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