Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Polypedates eques Günther, 1858, Arch. Naturgesch., 24: 325. Syntypes: BMNH (14 specimens) according to Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 80, including BMNH 58.6.15.9-12, 54.3.21 + 1 untraced, according to XXX. Type locality: "Ceylon" (= Sri Lanka).

Rhacophorus eques — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 85.

Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) eques — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 138. Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 77.

Rhacophorus cruciger eques — Kirtisinghe, 1957, Amph. Ceylon: 61. Herrmann, 1993, Herpetofauna, Weinstadt, 15: 34.

Polypedates eques — Dutta and Manamendra-Arachchi, 1996, Amph. Fauna Sri Lanka: 172.

Taruga eques — Meegaskumbura, Meegaskumbura, Bowatte, Manamendra-Arachchi, Pethiyagoda, Hanken, and Schneider, 2010, Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci., 39: 83.

English Names

Spurred Tree-frog (Günther, 1864, Rept. Brit. India: 431 ).

Gunther's Whipping Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 113).

Montane Hour-glass Tree-frog (De Silva, 2009, Amph. Rep. Sri Lanka Photograph. Guide: 125).

Distribution

Higher elevations of the central hills, Sri Lanka, 1202-2135 m elevation.

Comment

In the Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) leucomystax group of Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 77; see comment under Polypedates. See comment under Rhacophorus longinasus. See account by Dutta and Manamendra-Arachchi, 1996, Amph. Fauna Sri Lanka: 172-176. Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 78, provided systematic notes, access to literature, and range. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 536. De Silva, 2009, Amph. Rep. Sri Lanka Photograph. Guide: 125, provided a brief account and color photograph.

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