Saddled Tree frog

About the Saddled Tree frog

Taruga eques (common names: Günther's whipping frog, Spurred Tree-frog, Montane Hour-glass Tree-frog) is a species of tree frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to the central hills of Sri Lanka. Taruga eques is a species of tree frog in the Rhacophoridae family, commonly known as shrub or flying frogs. The species was first described in 1858 by Albert Günther, who named the species Polypedates eques. In 1882, George Albert Boulenger described the species as Rhacophorus eques. Ernst Ahl upheld this classification in 1931 when he described the species as Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) eques. In 1957, Kirtisinghe reclassified the species as Rhacophorus cruciger eques, and in 1992, the species was renamed again to Polypedates eques by Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi and Sushil Kumar Dutta. In 2010, the Taruga genus was established by a team led by Madhava Meegaskumbura, resulting in the species being renamed to Taruga eques. This reclassification was upheld in 2024 with the name Polypedates (Taruga) eques. The species is known colloquially as the Spurred Tree-frog, Gunther's Whipping Frog, and the Montane Hour-glass Tree-frog.

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