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Kotagama’s Dwarf Toad

பியூபோ கொட்டகமய்

Duttaphrynus kotagamai

EndangeredEndemic

Kotagama’s Dwarf Toad
Buddhika.jm (Buddhika Mawella) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Overview

Duttaphrynus kotagamai is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae endemic to Sri Lanka.
Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, moist montane forests, and rivers.
It is threatened by habitat loss. D. kotagamaii is named after Sarath Kotagama. A grown male is 33–40 mm in length, while a female reaches 55–63 mm. It is nocturnal, and lives commonly under rocks or decomposed leaves. It is found in Massena, Kitulgala, and Singharaja forests. Its diet consists of termites and grasshoppers. Its breeding biology has not been recorded, but it presumably takes place in water, probably in streams.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Duttaphrynus kotagamai — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): பியூபோ கொட்டகமய் — CC BY-SA 4.0