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Nannophrys guentheri

Overview

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Extinct

Threat status

Interesting Facts

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Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].

Ecology: There is no information on the habitat requirements of this species. It presumably bred on wet rock surfaces near streams , like other members of the genus.[1].

List of Habitats:

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Boulenger, George A. Description of an apparently new species of lizard of the genus Sceloporus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882: 761-62 [1883], 1882.

Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009

The five available museum specimens require further comparison with specimens of Nannophrys ceylonensis.[1].

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Nannophrys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. ceylonensis (Ceylon Streamlined Frog) · N. marmorata (Marbled Streamlined Frog)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Anslem de Silva 2004. Nannophrys guentheri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 7/16/2012