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Unidentified

Description:

Small frog, as far as I remember it was about 1 cm or a bit larger, maybe juvenile. Distinctive white pattern on the sides that I can't see in any species of frogs from Sri Lanka. It could be hourglass treefrog, but I don't think so.

Habitat:

Sinharaja Forest Reserve is one of the last primary rainforests in Sri Lanka and is a biodiversity hotspot, it was established as a World Biosphere Reserve in 1978, and a World Heritage site in 1988 by UNESCO. More than 60% of the trees are endemic, it's also home to 50% of Sri Lanka's endemic species of animals and 95% of the endemic birds of the country. Surrounded in dense fog, the dangerous, dark and mysterious Sinharaja forest is steeped in deep legend and mystery. The word Sinharaja means lion- (සිංහ/சிங்கம் sinha) king or kingdom (රාජ/ராஜா raja), and a popular folk legend has it that a legendary lion lived in this protected forest. 60% of the forest is contained within the border of Rathnapura District, 20% in the Galle District, and 20% in Kaluthara District. The forest is likely to have formed during the Jurassic era and spans over an area of 360 km², it is the most dense rainforest in Asia with 240,000 plants per hectare. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinharaja_...

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3 Comments

Yeah :D

thewndrr
thewndrr a year ago

Thank you, but the article is from an expedition to Indonesia, and the frog I photographed is more smooth. It could be a species unknown to science, and would that be fun :) Sinharaja Forest Reserve is the most dense forest in Asia, who knows how many species that are yet to be discovered by scientists?

I don't know anything about frogs but this is the closest match I could find through Google lens: https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*0xVz7...
Here's the original article
https://grrlscientist.medium.com/lost-bi...

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Diyaduwa, Southern Province, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Jan 28, 2021
Submitted on Jun 30, 2022

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