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Taruga (frog)
''Taruga'' is a genus of frogs endemic to Sri Lanka. They are the only foam-nesting tree frogs in the Old World Tree frog family, Rhacophoridae. Genus ''Taruga'' was previously assigned to the genus ''Polypedates''. As presently understood, ''Taruga'' comprises three named species: ''T. fastigo'', ''T. eques'' and ''T. longinasus''. Hence two genera of foam-nesting rhacophorid tree frogs are present in Sri Lanka: (1) ''Polypedates'', with many species in India and Asia but just two in Sri Lanka (''P. maculatus''— widely distributed in South Asia; and ''P. cruciger''— endemic to Sri Lanka, albeit widely distributed); and (2) ''Taruga'', the Sri Lankan endemic forms, whose three constituent species (''T. eques'', ''T. fastigo'' and ''T. longinasus'') each have restricted distributions mostly in the forested highlands. The best character to distinguish the adults of ''Taruga'' from Polypedates are a set of prominent cone-like projections around the vent. Furthermore, the supraty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhava Meegaskumbura
Mādhava means Lord Krishna an incarnation of Vishnu. It may also refer to: *a Sanskrit patronymic, "descendant of Madhu (a man of the Yadu tribe)". ** especially of Krishna, see Madhava (Vishnu) *** an icon of Krishna ** Madhava of Sangamagrama, fourteenth-century Indian mathematician ** Madhvacharya, philosopher in the Vaishnavism tradition ** Madhava Vidyaranya, Advaita saint and brother of Sayana ** Venkata Madhava, 10th to 12th century commentator of the Rigveda ** Madhavdeva, 16th-century proponent of Ekasarana dharma, neo-Vaishnavism of Assam *relating to springtime; the first month of spring, see Chaitra *a name of Krishna *Madhava or Madhava-kara, an Indian physician of the 7th or early 8th century See also *Madhavan (other) *Madhavi (other) Madhavi may refer to: * Goddess Radha, consort of Lord Krishna *Goddess Lakshmi, consort of Lord Vishnu * Madhavi (''Silappatikaram''), a character in the ancient Tamil epic ''Cilapathikaram'' * Madhavi (actress), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taruga (frog)
''Taruga'' is a genus of frogs endemic to Sri Lanka. They are the only foam-nesting tree frogs in the Old World Tree frog family, Rhacophoridae. Genus ''Taruga'' was previously assigned to the genus ''Polypedates''. As presently understood, ''Taruga'' comprises three named species: ''T. fastigo'', ''T. eques'' and ''T. longinasus''. Hence two genera of foam-nesting rhacophorid tree frogs are present in Sri Lanka: (1) ''Polypedates'', with many species in India and Asia but just two in Sri Lanka (''P. maculatus''— widely distributed in South Asia; and ''P. cruciger''— endemic to Sri Lanka, albeit widely distributed); and (2) ''Taruga'', the Sri Lankan endemic forms, whose three constituent species (''T. eques'', ''T. fastigo'' and ''T. longinasus'') each have restricted distributions mostly in the forested highlands. The best character to distinguish the adults of ''Taruga'' from Polypedates are a set of prominent cone-like projections around the vent. Furthermore, the supraty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taruga Longinasus
''Taruga longinasus'' (common names: southern whipping frog, long-snouted tree-frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It has been observed between 150 and 1300 m above sea level. Appearance The adult male frog measures about 41-47 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 57-60 mm. The skin of the dorsum is dark brown or red-brown in color with a red stripe from the nose to the middle of each flank. The frog's lips are white or yellow. Its legs are brown with marks. Life cycle These frogs are arboreal and live high in the trees. They can jump very well. When it is time to lay eggs, the adult frogs climb down to pools of water near streams. They female frog lays 28 to 42 eggs per clutch A clutch is a mechanical device that engages and disengages power transmission, especially from a drive shaft to a driven shaft. In the simplest application, clutches connect and disconnect two rotating shafts (drive shafts or line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taruga Fastigo
''Taruga fastigo'' is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka and only known from its type locality, Morningside Estate near Rakwana. Prior to its description in 2001, it was confused with ''Polypedates eques'' (now ''Taruga eques''). Etymology The specific name ''fastigo'' is Latin for "sharpened" and refers to the pointed snout of the species. Description Adult males measure and females in snout–vent length. The snout is pointed. The canthus rostralis is angular, and the canthal ridges are sharp. The tympanum is visible and the supratympanic fold is distinct. The fingers and toes have well-developed discs; the fingers are free from webbing whereas the toes are webbed. Skin is mostly smooth but granular on the abdomen and underside of the femur. There are prominent white tubercles around the vent and lower surfaces of the thighs. Dorsal colouration is brown or olive green, and the dorsum bears an incomplete, dark-brown hourglass- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taruga Eques
''Taruga eques'' (common names: Günther's whipping frog, montane hour-glass tree-frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to the central hills of Sri Lanka. Description Adult males measure and females in snout–vent length. It resembles (and has been confused with) ''Taruga fastigo'' but has relatively shorter legs, narrower but longer head, an by the absence of the black line that connects the axilla and groin in ''Taruga fastigo'', or that line being reduced to a band of blackish dots. ''Taruga eques'' can be differentiated from the species included to the same genus with the presence of Calcar on the heel. Habitat and conservation ''Taruga eques'' inhabits montane tropical moist forests at elevations of above sea level. It is both arboreal and terrestrial, being found in the canopy and on tree trunks as well as in grasses at the edge of ponds. The tadpoles occur in both permanent and seasonal ponds. It does not occur in modified habitats. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and one of the most prestigious and highly ranked universities in the world. The university is composed of ten academic faculties plus Harvard Radcliffe Institute. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers study in a wide range of undergraduate and graduate academic disciplines, and other faculties offer only graduate degrees, including professional degrees. Harvard has three main campuses: the Cambridge campus centered on Harvard Yard; an adjoining campus immediately across Charles River in the Allston neighborhood of Boston; and the medical campus in Boston's Longwood Medical Area. Harvard's endowment is valued at $50.9 billion, making it the wealthiest academic institution in the world. Endo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campus in Newbury, Vermont, before moving to Boston in 1867. The university now has more than 4,000 faculty members and nearly 34,000 students, and is one of Boston's largest employers. It offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctorates, and medical, dental, business, and law degrees through 17 schools and colleges on three urban campuses. The main campus is situated along the Charles River in Boston's Fenway-Kenmore and Allston neighborhoods, while the Boston University Medical Campus is located in Boston's South End neighborhood. The Fenway campus houses the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, formerly Wheelock College, which merged with BU in 2018. BU is a member of the Boston Consortium for Higher Educati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Peradeniya
The University of Peradeniya ( si, පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්යාලය, ta, பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a public university in Sri Lanka, funded by the University Grants Commission. It is the largest university in Sri Lanka, which was originally established as the University of Ceylon in 1942. The university was officially opened on 20 April 1954, in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II, by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The University of Peradeniya hosts nine faculties (including the newly added Management faculty), three postgraduate institutes, 10 centres, 73 departments, and teaches about 12,000 students in the fields of Medicine, Agriculture, Arts, Science, Engineering, Dental Sciences, Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Management and Allied Health Science. It claims to have the largest government endowment by a higher education institution in Sri Lanka, based on its large staff and facu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation. Some insects, fish, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, cnidarians, echinoderms, and tunicates undergo metamorphosis, which is often accompanied by a change of nutrition source or behavior. Animals can be divided into species that undergo complete metamorphosis (" holometaboly"), incomplete metamorphosis (" hemimetaboly"), or no metamorphosis (" ametaboly"). Scientific usage of the term is technically precise, and it is not applied to general aspects of cell growth, including rapid growth spurts. Generally organisms with a larva stage undergo metamorphosis, and during metamorphosis the organism loses larval characteristics. References to "metamorphosis" in mammals are imprecise and only colloquial, but historically idealist ideas of transf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" '' Triadobatrachus'' is known from the Early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their split from other amphibians may extend further back to the Permian, 265 million years ago. Frogs are widely distributed, ranging from the tropics to subarctic regions, but the greatest concentration of species diversity is in tropical rainforest. Frogs account for around 88% of extant amphibian species. They are also one of the five most diverse vertebrate orders. Warty frog species tend to be called toads, but the distinction between frogs and toads is informal, not from taxonomy or evolutionary history. An adult frog has a stout body, protruding eyes, anteriorly-attached tongue, limbs folded underneath, and no tail (the tail of tailed frogs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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