Friday 27 May 2016

Indian Five-fingered Frog

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Common name: Indian five-fingered frog; green pond frog; Indian green frog.

Scientific name: Euphlyctis hexadactylus

Scientific classification: Kingdom: Animalia
                                             Phylum: Chordata
                                             Class: Amphibia
                                             Order: Anura
                                             Family: Dicroglossidae
                                             Genus: Euphlyctis
                                             Species: E. hexadactylus

Type of species: Indigenous

Distribution: The green pond frog is a common species of aquatic frog found in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Habitat: This species is aquatic and is found in both freshwater and brackish-water environments.

Conservation status: Least concern

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The frog is half a foot long

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