Taruga longinasus
The southern whipping frog, sharp-snout saddled tree frog, or long-snouted tree frog (Taruga longinasus) is a frog. It lives in Sri Lanka. People have seen it between 150 and 1300 m above sea level.[1][2][3][4]
| Taruga longinasus | |
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| Conservation status | |
Endangered (IUCN3.1Q)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Taruga |
| Species: | T. longinasus
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| Binomial name | |
| Taruga longinasus (Ahl, 1927)
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The adult male frog is about 41-47 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog 57-60 mm long. The skin on the frog's back is dark brown or red brown in color with a red stripe from the nose to the middle of each side of the body. The frog's mouth is white or yellow. Its legs are brown with marks.[2]
These frogs live high in the trees. They can jump very well. They come down to lay eggs in pools of water. The pools are small and near streams. They lay 28 to 42 eggs at a time. The tadpoles grow into frogs in ten weeks.[2]
This frog is in danger of dying out. This is because human beings change the places where it lives.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Taruga longinasus (Ahl, 1927)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Greg LaMonte (September 8, 2009). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Taruga longinasus (Ahl, 1927)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Long-snouted Tree-frog: Taruga longinasus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T58954A156586866. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58954A156586866.en. 58954. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ↑ 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.