Scientific Name: Sylvirana nigrovittata (Blyth, 1856)
Synonym: Rana nigrovittata, Hylarana hekouensis, Sylvirana hekouensis (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Dark-sided Frog, Black Spotted Frog
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: Eric C. Maxwell (iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Description:
The dorsal skin is somewhat granular, while the ventral skin is smooth. The body is brown on top with small scattered darker spots. The head is broad with an obtusely pointed snout, and the tympanum is very distinct, almost as large as the eye. There is no supratympanic fold. The hind limbs have dark brown cross-bars, and the forelimbs are spotted. The finger tips are dilated into small discs with circum-marginal grooves.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It inhabits forest floors, freshwater wetlands, stream beds etc. In Bangladesh, it is distributed in the Chittagong Hill Tracts,
Environment:
Freshwater, terrestrial
References:
Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA and Khondker M (eds.) (2009) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 25 Amphibians and Reptiles Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 204 pp.
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