Hydrophylax gracilis

Hydrophylax gracilis, also known as Gravenhorst's frog, Gravenhorst's golden-backed frog, and Sri Lanka wood frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae.[2] It is endemic to Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]

Hydrophylax gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Hydrophylax
Species:
H. gracilis
Binomial name
Hydrophylax gracilis
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
Synonyms[2]
  • Rana gracilis Gravenhorst, 1829
  • Limnodytes macularius Blyth, 1855 "1854"
  • Hylorana macularia — Günther, 1864
  • Rana macularia — Boulenger, 1882
  • Hylarana gracilis — Chen et al., 2005
  • Sylvirana gracilis — Frost et al., 2006

Hydrophylax gracilis occurs in marshes, agricultural land, grassland, and bush forests at elevations below 600 m (2,000 ft). Adult frogs are semi-arboreal and semi-aquatic, whereas the tadpoles live in stagnant waters. H. gracilis is a common species that can be threatened by loss of its wetland habitats through wetland reclamation, urbanization, and aquatic agrochemical pollution. However, it is present in many protected areas.[1]

References
  1. Manamendra-Arachchi, K.; de Silva, A. & Wickramasinghe, D. (2004). "Hydrophylax gracilis (errata version published in 2016)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58604A89369348.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Hydrophylax gracilis (Gravenhorst, 1829)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. "DNA Barcoding, Phylogeny and Systematics of Golden-backed Frogs (Hylarana, Ranidae) of the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka Biodiversity Hotspot, with the Description of Seven New Species". Novataxa. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2019.


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