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Dumbara Corrugated Frog

True Frogs & Fanged Frogs

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Lankanectes pera

Basic stats

Range

Endemic to Sri Lanka; Knuckles Mountain Range

Size

Male 66.0mm, females 51.0-55.8mm

The Dumbara corrugated frog, Lankanectes pera, is the second species in its genus and is larger than Lankanectes corrugatus. A mature male measures 66.0 mm and mature females 51.0 to 55.8 mm. The back is chocolate brown with uneven dark patches and small pale spots, and the belly grey. It has a stout body, a flat head with a cephalic knob, tusk-like vomerine teeth, two fang-like processes on the lower jaw, a corrugated back and white-tipped glandular warts (Wikipedia, general species account).

Its name refers to the University of Peradeniya, where alumni affectionately call it Pera. It was described in 2018 from the Knuckles Mountain Range. The 2012 National Red List gives no status under this name.

Quick answers

Where is the Dumbara Corrugated Frog found?
Endemic to Sri Lanka; Knuckles Mountain Range
How big is the Dumbara Corrugated Frog?
Male 66.0mm, females 51.0-55.8mm
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