Minervarya kirtisinghei
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Mountain Paddy Field Frog
Also known as:
Kirtisinghe’s Frog
You will sometimes find this frog filed under Fejervarya kirtisinghei or even, if you are lucky, Zakerana kirtisinghei.
![Mountain Paddy Field Frog (Minervarya kirtisinghei)](../images/herps/standard/19081980PD.jpeg)
This handsome Sri Lankan endemic is found in or near water at reasonably high elevations. It is a frog that knows it can jump, and is therefore self-confident enough to sometimes hold still for a photo or three.
![Mountain Paddy Field Frog (Minervarya kirtisinghei)](../images/herps/standard/19082047PD.jpeg)
Here's another at the edge of a puddle on a dirt path.
Online references:
- Minervarya kirtisinghei account on AmphibiaWeb
- Minervarya kirtisinghei account on iNaturalist
- Minervarya kirtisinghei account on Amphibian Species of the World
- Dicroglossidae overview on Amphibians of Sri Lanka
- Eugenia Sanchez, S. D. Biju, Mohammed M. Islam, Mahmudul Hasan, Annemarie Ohler, Miguel Vences & Atsushi Kurabayashi, 2018. Phylogeny and classification of fejervaryan frogs (Anura: Dicroglossidae)