''Pseudophilautus bambaradeniyai'' (Bambaradeniya's shrub frog) is a species of
frogs in the family
Rhacophoridae,
endemic to
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
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Its natural
habitats are wet lowland forests of Sri Lanka. It is threatened by
habitat loss. It is one of the 8 species of rhacophorids that was discovered from
Adam's Peak recently.
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Etymology
The frog was named after Dr.
Channa Bambaradeniya, a leading Sri Lankan scientist and naturalist.
Description
The most striking feature of this species to distinguish easily by the creamy stripe running through the vertebral column from tip of the snout to tail end.
References
bambaradeniyai
Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka
Frogs of Sri Lanka
Amphibians described in 2013
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