Lankanectes pera Senevirathne, Samarawickrama, Wijayathilaka, Manamendra-Arachchi, Bowatte, Samarawickrama, and Meegaskumbura, 2018

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Nyctibatrachidae > Subfamily: Lankanectinae > Genus: Lankanectes > Species: Lankanectes pera

Lankanectes pera Senevirathne, Samarawickrama, Wijayathilaka, Manamendra-Arachchi, Bowatte, Samarawickrama, and Meegaskumbura, 2018, Zootaxa, 4461: 526. Holotype: DZ1858, by original designation. Type locality: "Knuckles Peak, alt. 1580 m, 7.4646 °N 80.7409 °E." Zoobank publication registration: BBC32EC4-F730-49C5-A597-3A9AACE09603

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Restricted to streams flowing through the montane forests on highest peaks of the Knuckles Mountain range, ca. 1100 m elevation, in Dothalugala and Bamabarella and Riverston regions, Sri Lanka. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Sri Lanka

Endemic: Sri Lanka

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