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Microhyla karunaratnei Fernando and Siriwardhane, 1996

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Microhylinae > Genus: Microhyla

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Microhyla karunaratnei Fernando and Siriwardhane, 1996, J. South Asian Nat. Hist., 2: 135. Holotype: AMS R 148277, by original designation. Type locality: "Morningside Estate, Sinharaja World Heritage Site: 1 km from research station at edge of a shallow pond (6° 24′ N, 80° 37′ E)", Sri Lanka.

English Names

Karunaratne's Narrow-mouth Frog (De Silva, 2009, Amph. Rep. Sri Lanka Photograph. Guide: 78).

Distribution

Wet forest below 1100 m elevation in southern Sri Lanka.

Comment

See account by Dutta and Manamendra-Arachchi, 1996, Amph. Fauna Sri Lanka: 31. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 453. De Silva, 2009, Amph. Rep. Sri Lanka Photograph. Guide: 78, provided a brief account and color photograph.

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