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Taruga eques
Taruga eques is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss and considered "Endangered" by the IUCN.
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Mountain Hourglass Treefrog - Taruga eques
Also commonly known as Günther's Whipping Frog, this frog is currently named Taruga eques (Rhacophoridae), a species endemic to Sri Lanka restricted to the Central Hill Country, which gets its common name by the hour-glass shaped marking its dorsum.
It is supposed that Taruga eques is a species complex enclosing the Polypedates eques group.
This arboreal and terrestrial frog is considered Endangered on the IUCN Red List because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 5,000 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat.
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Photo credit: ©Sachindra Umesh | Locality: Sri Lanka (2014)
