Minervarya greenii

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

{{redirect|Montane frog}}

{{speciesbox

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite iucn | author = IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group | title = Minervarya greenii | year = 2020 | page = e.T58271A156579645 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58271A156579645.en |access-date=10 November 2022}}

| image = Zakerana greenii.jpg

| genus = Minervarya

| species = greenii

| authority = (Boulenger, 1905)

| synonyms =

  • Rana greenii Boulenger, 1905
  • Fejervarya greenii (Boulenger, 1905)
  • Zakerana greenii

| range_map = Fejervarya greenii map-fr.svg

| range_map_caption = Range of F. greenii in Sri Lanka

}}

Minervarya greenii (common names: montane frog, Sri Lanka paddy field frog{{cite web |url=http://www.arkive.org/sri-lanka-paddy-field-frog/fejervarya-greenii/ |title=Sri Lanka paddy field frog (Fejervarya greenii) |work=ARKive |publisher=Wildscreen |access-date=15 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905181737/http://www.arkive.org/sri-lanka-paddy-field-frog/fejervarya-greenii/ |archive-date=2015-09-05 |url-status=dead }}) is a species of frog that is endemic to the hills of central Sri Lanka.{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Minervarya/Minervarya-greenii |title=Minervarya greenii (Boulenger, 1905) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=10 November 2022}} It lives in wetland habitats within montane tropical moist forests. It is threatened by habitat loss, pollution, desiccation of wetlands, forest fires as well as predation by introduced rainbow trout.

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