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Mountain hourglass tree frog

Taruga eques

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Description:

This beautiful tree frog of the endemic frog genus Taruga is found in the central hills of Sri lanka.The common colouration of this frog is brownish yellow,but a gray colouration also present - although less seldomly seen.

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Comments (23)
Yasser
Awesome shot and congrats on a well deserved Spotting of the Day!
MarcTe
congrats! great spotting :)
Bhagya Herath
SO SO SO Happy for you Sachindra congratulations....... i love this beauty for a long time now this is a honor to Sri Lanka......
keith.abeyratne
Way to go Sachindra, Congrats on the National Geographic spotting of the week!
KarenL
Congrats Sachindra, your beautiful frog has been chosen National Geographic Spotting of the Week! The mountain hourglass tree frog can be found in the central hills of Sri Lanka. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153428558225603&set=a.10152553642825603.956331.10150120463815603&type=1
LuisStevens
Congrats Sachindra for your National Geographic spotting of the week!

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Leap Frog Sri Lanka
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PublishedNovember 1, 2013

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