Zakerana kirtisinghei (Manamendra-Arachchi and Gabadage, 1996)
Limnonectes kirtisinghei Manamendra-Arachchi and Gabadage, 1996, J. South Asian Nat. Hist., 2: 32. Holotype: AMS R148272, by original designation. Type locality: "Sri Lanka: Moray Estate, Rajamally, near Mousakelle, alt. 1380 m (06° 48′ N, 80° 31′ E)".
Limnonectes (Fejervarya) kirtisinghei — Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 131.
Fejervarya kirtisinghei — Dubois and Ohler, 2000, Alytes, 18: 35. Fei, Ye, Jiang, and Xie, 2002, Herpetol. Sinica, 9: 92.
Zakerana kirtisinghei — Howlader, 2011, Bangladesh Wildl. Bull., 5: 2.
English Names
Kirtisinghe's Frog (De Silva, 2009, Amph. Rep. Sri Lanka Photograph. Guide: 70).
Distribution
Montane south-central to lowland southwestern Sri Lanka, 50-1580 m elevation.
Comment
See account (as Limnonectes kirtisinghei) by Dutta and Manamendra-Arachchi, 1996, Amph. Fauna Sri Lanka: 87-91. Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 131, provided systematic comments, range, and brief bibliography. De Silva, 2009, Amph. Rep. Sri Lanka Photograph. Guide: 70, provided a brief account and color photograph. Bopage, Wewalwala, Krvavac, Jovanovic, Safarek, and Pushpamal, 2011, Salamandra, 47: 173-177, reported the species in lowland forest in the Kanneliya Forest of southwestern Sri Lanka.
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