Lankanectes pera

Lankanectes pera

''Lankanectes pera'' is a species of frog in the family Nyctibatrachidae. It is the second species found within the genus ''Lankanectes''. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
A young water frog (Lankanectes pera) in the shallows This species was only described in 2018, and apparently nobody has gotten around to inventing a common English name for it yet. Geotagged,Lankanectes pera,Sri Lanka,Summer

Appearance

It is larger than the ''Lankanectes corrugatus''. Body length of mature male is 66.0 mm and mature female ranges from 51.0 mm to 55.8 mm. Dorsal surface chocolate brown with unequal dark patches and small pale spots. Venter grayish. A light-brown bar is present with dark edges on inter-orbital area. There are white tubercles found on throat. Edge of the upper lip, toes, foot and flank are uniformly gray. Body stout with dorsally flat head. Head with a cephalic knob. Canthal edges indistinct. Loreal region convex. Nostrils oval. Tympanum, cephalic ridges and pineal ocellus absent. Tusk like vomerine teeth present. Large tongue emarginated without a lingual papilla. There are two fang-like processes found on the mandible. Dorsal surface of head and body covered possess corrugations. Glandular warts are white-tipped. Finger tips round and enlarge without adhesive discs. Webbing on fingers and nuptial pads absent.

Naming

The specific name ''pera'' refers the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, where its alumni affectionately refer to it as Pera.

Habitat

It lives in muddy substrates and marshy areas of streams flowing through Dothalugala and Bamabarella and Riverston regions of Knuckles Mountain Range.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderAnura
FamilyNyctibatrachidae
GenusLankanectes
SpeciesL. pera
Photographed in
Sri Lanka