''Indosylvirana sreeni'', also known as Sreeni's golden-backed frog, is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

in the family Ranidae found in Southern Western and Eastern Ghats in the states of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

and

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

, India, at elevations of 100 to 1500 meters.

References

* Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Senevirathne & Meegaskumbura, 2014 : ''DNA barcoding, phylogeny and systematics of Golden-backed frogs (Hylarana, Ranidae) of the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot, with the description of seven new species.'' Contributions to Zoology, 83:315
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). *:Holotype: BNHS 5869, by original designation. Type locality: "Siruvani, Kuddam, Palakkad dist., Kerala state, India".

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Indosylvirana sreeni (Biju, Garg, Mahony, Wijayathilaka, Seneviranthne, and Meegaskumbura, 2014)
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Indosylvirana sreeni
Frogs of India Amphibians described in 2014 Taxa named by Sathyabhama Das Biju sreeni {{Ranidae-stub