Friday, August 19, 2022

Knuckles Corrugated Water Frog/දුම්බර වක රැලි දිය මැඩියා (Lankanectes pera)

An endemic and critically endangered frog restricted to the clear, shallow and slow flowing streams with sand and rock-strewn substrates in closed canopy sub montane and montane forests of the Knuckles range (Above 1100 m elevations in Dothalugala, Bambarella, Knuckles Peaks and Riveston areas) . Males can be found under rocks or rock-crevices in flowing water. Tadpoles of this frog occurs in deeper regions of the stream where decaying vegetation gathers. Nocturnal.


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