Lankanectes corrugatus

Lankanectes corrugatus
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Nyctibatrachidae
Genus:	Lankanectes
Species:	L. corrugatus
Binomial name
Lankanectes corrugatus (Peters, 1863)
Synonyms
Rana corrugataPeters, 1863

Lankanectes corrugatus (common names: Sri Lanka wart frog, corrugated water frog) is a species of frog in the family Nyctibatrachidae. ^[2] It was once monotypic within the genus Lankanectes , ^[3] until the second species - Lankanectes pera was described in 2018 from Knuckles Mountain Range. ^[4] It is endemic to Sri Lanka. ^[2]

L. corrugatus is an aquatic frog species inhabiting slow-moving rivers in marshy areas. ^[5] It is a common species. Threats to it are agrochemical pollution and wetland reclamation for housing and vegetable farms. ^[1]

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Lankanectes corrugatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T58324A156580051. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58324A156580051.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lankanectes corrugatus (Peters, 1863)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Lankanectes Dubois and Ohler, 2001". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
4. "A new frog species from rapidly dwindling cloud forest streams of Sri Lanka—Lankanectes pera". Zootaxa 4461(4):519-538. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
5. Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. pp. 509–510.