Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Dicroglossidae > Minervarya > Minervarya kirtisinghei

Minervarya kirtisinghei (Kirtisinghe's frog)

Synonyms: Fejervarya kirtisinghei; Limnonectes kirtisinghei; Zakerana kirtisinghei

Wikipedia Abstract

The Kirtisinghe's frog, (Zakerana kirtisinghei), is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka where it is found in the montane south-central to lowland southwestern areas. Zakerana kirtisinghei is a common frog. They occur in tropical forests, savanna, grasslands and wetlands, in both montane and lowland areas, as well as in some human-made habitats like rubber and palm oil plantations and home gardens. Adults are semi-aquatic whereas the larvae are aquatic.
View Wikipedia Record: Minervarya kirtisinghei

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 14.64
EDGE Score: 2.75

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.732 inches (4.4 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Sri Lanka montane rain forests Sri Lanka Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0