Taruga eques

The spurred tree frog, saddled tree frog, Gunther's whipping frog, or the montane hourglass tree frog (Taruga eques) is a frog. It lives in Sri Lanka. People have seen it between 1202 and 2135 m above sea level.[1][2][3][4]

Taruga eques
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Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN3.1Q)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Taruga
Species:
T. eques
Binomial name
Taruga eques
(Günther, 1858)
Polypedates eques map-fr.svg
Synonyms[1]
  • Polypedates eques Günther, 1858
  • Rhacophorus eques Boulenger, 1882
  • Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) eques Ahl, 1931
  • Rhacophorus cruciger eques Kirtisinghe, 1957
  • Polypedates eques Dutta and Manamendra-Arachchi, 1996
  • Taruga eques Meegaskumbura, Meegaskumbura, Bowatte, Manamendra-Arachchi, Pethiyagoda, Hanken, and Schneider, 2010

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Taruga eques (Günther, 1858)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  2. "Taruga eques (Günther, 1858)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  3. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Montane Hour-glass Tree-frog: Taruga eques". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T58946A156586528. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58946A156586528.en. 58946. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  4. Poyarkov Jr NA; Kropachev IL; Gogoleva SS; Orlov NL (2018). "A new species of the genus Theloderma Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Tay Nguyen Plateau, central Vietnam". Zoological Research (Full text). 39 (3): 156–180. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.018/. PMID 29683110. Retrieved June 6, 2023.