Description
Size of male: 35 mm, female: up to 71 mm. Dosally brown or brownish orange with black blotches and spots. Interorbital with a yellow transverse band. Limbs with or without dark black crossbars. White or light brown below, mottled with brown especially on throat and under legs. Some specimen have a white or yellowish-ornage mid-vertebral band.

Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Sri Lanka

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	View Bd and Bsal data (6 records).

Terra typica: “Rambodde”, Ceylon [Sri Lanka] Endemic to Sri Lanka. A submontane species, being recorder betwenn elevations of 60-1525 m asl. In the hills of western, southernand central Sri Lanka. Found in margins of shaded, shallow, slow-flowing streams and under grass tussocks in marshes.

Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
An aquatic species. It was observed with only the tip of its snout and eyes exposed. I found L. corrugatus in the Sinharaja Biosphere Reserve in a small slow-flowing stream inside the forest.

Possible reasons for amphibian decline

Habitat modification from deforestation, or logging related activities
Habitat fragmentation
Local pesticides, fertilizers, and pollutants
Long-distance pesticides, toxins, and pollutants

Comments
L. corrugatus is distinguished from all other Sri Lankan ranids by having the dorsum with numerous transverse folds.

References

De Silva, A., Molur, S., and Walker, S. (2000). CAMP Report for Amphibians and Reptiles of Sri Lanka. Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Dutta, S.K. and Manamendra-Arachchi, K. (1996). The Amphibian Fauna of Sri Lanka. Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2005 Lankanectes corrugatus: Corrugated water frog <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/4749> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Nov 24, 2024.

Citation: AmphibiaWeb. 2024. <https://amphibiaweb.org> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed 24 Nov 2024.

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