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Divergence between these genus likely occurred in the [[Sundaland]] region (possibly India) before ''[[Polypedates]]'' dispersed in a northerly fashion. The following [[cladogram]] shows the [[Phylogeny|phylogenetic position]] of ''Taruga eques'' among select members of the [[Rhacophoridae]] family, based upon [[Bayesian inference]] and [[Maximum likelihood estimation|maximum likelyhood]] comparison of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deng |first=X |last2=Yuan |first2=L |last3=Yang |first3=K |last4=Klaus |first4=S |last5=Orlov |first5=NL |last6=Jiang |first6=D |last7=Li |first7=J |year=2010 |title=Geographical rang evolution of whipping frogs based on a phylogeny of genus Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) |url=https://europepmc.org/article/ppr/ppr149414 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=europepmc.org |language=en}}</ref> {{clade|{{clade</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>The genus ''Taruga'' is considered a [[Sister group|sister genus]] to ''[[Polypedates]]''. Divergence between these genus likely occurred in the [[Sundaland]] region (possibly India) before ''[[Polypedates]]'' dispersed in a northerly fashion. The following [[cladogram]] shows the [[Phylogeny|phylogenetic position]] of ''Taruga eques'' among select members of the [[Rhacophoridae]] family, based upon [[Bayesian inference]] and [[Maximum likelihood estimation|maximum likelyhood]] comparison of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deng |first=X |last2=Yuan |first2=L |last3=Yang |first3=K |last4=Klaus |first4=S |last5=Orlov |first5=NL |last6=Jiang |first6=D |last7=Li |first7=J |year=2010 |title=Geographical rang evolution of whipping frogs based on a phylogeny of genus Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) |url=https://europepmc.org/article/ppr/ppr149414 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=europepmc.org |language=en}}</ref> {{clade|{{clade</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> |1=<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> other species</del></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div> |1=<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{clade</ins></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> |2={{clade</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div> |1={{clade</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div> |1={{clade</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div> |1={{clade</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div> |1={{clade</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 31:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 30:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div> |1={{clade</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div> |1={{clade</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div> |1=''[[Polypedates otilophus|P. otilophus]]''</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div> |1=''[[Polypedates otilophus|P. otilophus]]''</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div> |2=<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</del>[[Polypedates]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div> |2=[[Polypedates<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|Other ''Polypedates'' species</ins>]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div> }}</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div> }}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div> }}</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div> }}</div></td> </tr> </table><hr class='diff-hr' id='mw-oldid' /> <h2 class='diff-currentversion-title'>Revision as of 23:23, 3 August 2024</h2> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Species of amphibian</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox biota" style="text-align: left; width: 200px; font-size: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><i>Taruga eques</i> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Taruga_eques_at_Haggala2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Taruga_eques_at_Haggala2.jpg/220px-Taruga_eques_at_Haggala2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Taruga_eques_at_Haggala2.jpg/330px-Taruga_eques_at_Haggala2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Taruga_eques_at_Haggala2.jpg/440px-Taruga_eques_at_Haggala2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3522" data-file-height="2348" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"> <th colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Conservation_status" title="Conservation status">Conservation status</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Status_iucn3.1_EN.svg/220px-Status_iucn3.1_EN.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Status_iucn3.1_EN.svg/330px-Status_iucn3.1_EN.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Status_iucn3.1_EN.svg/440px-Status_iucn3.1_EN.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="137" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Endangered_species_(IUCN_status)" title="Endangered species (IUCN status)">Endangered</a> <small> (<a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN 3.1</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_17_November_2021_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_17_November_2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; min-width:15em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)">Scientific classification</a> <span class="plainlinks taxobox-edit-taxonomy skin-invert" style="font-size:smaller; float:right; padding-right:0.4em; margin-left:-3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Template:Taxonomy/Taruga" title="Edit this classification"><img alt="Edit this classification" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/23px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/30px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Domain: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eukaryote" title="Eukaryote">Eukaryota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kingdom: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phylum: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amphibian" title="Amphibian">Amphibia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frog" title="Frog">Anura</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhacophoridae" title="Rhacophoridae">Rhacophoridae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Taruga_(frog)" title="Taruga (frog)"><i>Taruga</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Species: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="species"><i><b>T. eques</b></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature" title="Binomial nomenclature">Binomial name</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><b><span class="binomial"><span style="font-weight:normal;"></span><i>Taruga eques</i></span></b><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Albert_C._L._G._G%C3%BCnther" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert C. L. G. Günther">Günther</a>, 1858)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Polypedates_eques_map-fr.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Polypedates_eques_map-fr.svg/220px-Polypedates_eques_map-fr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Polypedates_eques_map-fr.svg/330px-Polypedates_eques_map-fr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Polypedates_eques_map-fr.svg/440px-Polypedates_eques_map-fr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy)" title="Synonym (taxonomy)">Synonyms</a><sup id="cite_ref-Frost_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frost-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <p><i>Polypedates eques</i> <small>Günther, 1858</small><br /> <i>Rhacophorus eques</i> <small>(Günther, 1858)</small><br /> <i><a href="/wiki/Polypedates_cruciger" title="Polypedates cruciger">Rhacophorus cruciger</a> eques</i> <small>(Günther, 1858)</small> </p> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p><i><b>Taruga eques</b></i> (common names: <b>Günther's whipping frog</b>, <b>Spurred Tree-frog, Montane Hour-glass Tree-frog</b>) is a species of <a href="/wiki/Frog" title="Frog">frog</a> in the family <a href="/wiki/Rhacophoridae" title="Rhacophoridae">Rhacophoridae</a>. It is <a href="/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> to the central hills of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_17_November_2021_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_17_November_2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Frost_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frost-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Manamendra-Arachchi_and_Pethiyagoda_2001_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manamendra-Arachchi_and_Pethiyagoda_2001-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2></div> <p><i>Taruga eques</i> is a species of frog in the <a href="/wiki/Rhacophoridae" title="Rhacophoridae">Rhacophoridae</a> family, commonly known as shrub or flying frogs. The species was first described in 1858 by <a href="/wiki/Albert_G%C3%BCnther" title="Albert Günther">Albert Günther</a>, who named the species Polypedates eques. In 1882, <a href="/wiki/George_Albert_Boulenger" title="George Albert Boulenger">George Albert Boulenger</a> descibed the species as <i>Rhacophorus eques.</i> <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Ahl" title="Ernst Ahl">Ernst Ahl</a> upheld this classification in 1931 when he described the species as <i>Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) eques.</i> In 1957, Kirtisinghe reclassified the species as <i>Rhacophorus cruciger eques,</i> and in 1992, the species was renamed again to <i>Polypedates eques</i> by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kelum_Manamendra-Arachchi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi (page does not exist)">Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sushil_Kumar_Dutta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sushil Kumar Dutta (page does not exist)">Sushil Kumar Dutta</a>. In 2010, the <i><a href="/wiki/Taruga_(frog)" title="Taruga (frog)">Taruga</a></i> genus was established by a team led by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhava_Meegaskumbura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Madhava Meegaskumbura (page does not exist)">Madhava Meegaskumbura</a>, resulting in the species being renamed to <i>Taruga eques.</i> This reclassification was upheld in 2024 with the name <i>Polypedates (Taruga) eques.</i> The species is known colloquially as the Spurred Tree-frog, Gunther's Whipping Frog, and the Montane Hour-glass Tree-frog.<sup id="cite_ref-Frost_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frost-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Evolution">Evolution</h3></div><p> The genus <i>Taruga</i> is considered a <a href="/wiki/Sister_group" title="Sister group">sister genus</a> to <i><a href="/wiki/Polypedates" title="Polypedates">Polypedates</a></i>. Divergence between these genus likely occurred in the <a href="/wiki/Sundaland" title="Sundaland">Sundaland</a> region (possibly India) before <i><a href="/wiki/Polypedates" title="Polypedates">Polypedates</a></i> dispersed in a northerly fashion. The following <a href="/wiki/Cladogram" title="Cladogram">cladogram</a> shows the <a href="/wiki/Phylogeny" class="mw-redirect" title="Phylogeny">phylogenetic position</a> of <i>Taruga eques</i> among select members of the <a href="/wiki/Rhacophoridae" title="Rhacophoridae">Rhacophoridae</a> family, based upon <a href="/wiki/Bayesian_inference" title="Bayesian inference">Bayesian inference</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maximum_likelihood_estimation" title="Maximum likelihood estimation">maximum likelyhood</a> comparison of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="clade"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261294616">body.skin-vector-2022 .mw-parser-output div.clade,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output div.clade{overflow-x:auto;overflow-y:hidden}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output div.clade p{font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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span.linkA{background-color:yellow}.mw-parser-output table.clade:hover span.linkB{background-color:green}</style> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"><i><a href="/wiki/Rhacophoridae" title="Rhacophoridae">Rhacophoridae</a></i>   </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><b>Taruga equis</b></i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Taruga_fastigo" title="Taruga fastigo">T. fastigo</a> </i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Polypedates_otilophus" title="Polypedates otilophus">P. otilophus</a></i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><a href="/wiki/Polypedates" title="Polypedates">Other <i>Polypedates</i> species</a> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2></div> <p>Adult males measure 33–43 mm (1.3–1.7 in) and females 59–71 mm (2.3–2.8 in) in snout–vent length. It resembles (and has been confused with) <i><a href="/wiki/Taruga_fastigo" title="Taruga fastigo">Taruga fastigo</a></i> but has relatively shorter legs, narrower but longer head, an by the absence of the black line that connects the axilla and groin in <i>Taruga fastigo</i>, or that line being reduced to a band of blackish dots.<sup id="cite_ref-Manamendra-Arachchi_and_Pethiyagoda_2001_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manamendra-Arachchi_and_Pethiyagoda_2001-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Taruga eques</i> can be differentiated from the species included to the same genus with the presence of Calcar on the heel.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Habitat_and_conservation">Habitat and conservation</h2></div> <p><i>Taruga eques</i> inhabits <a href="/wiki/Montane_ecosystems" title="Montane ecosystems">montane tropical moist forests</a> at elevations of 1,200–2,135 m (3,937–7,005 ft) <a href="/wiki/Above_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Above sea level">above sea level</a>. It is both <a href="/wiki/Arboreal_locomotion" title="Arboreal locomotion">arboreal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_locomotion" title="Terrestrial locomotion">terrestrial</a>, being found in canopies and on tree trunks as well as in grasses at the edge of ponds. The <a href="/wiki/Tadpole" title="Tadpole">tadpoles</a> are often found in both permanent and seasonal ponds. It is present in the <a href="/wiki/Horton_Plains_National_Park" title="Horton Plains National Park">Horton Plains National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hakgala_Strict_Nature_Reserve" title="Hakgala Strict Nature Reserve">Hakgala Strict Nature Reserve</a>, <a href="/wiki/Knuckles_Mountain_Range" title="Knuckles Mountain Range">Knuckles Mountain Forest Reserve</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Peak_Wilderness_Sanctuary" title="Peak Wilderness Sanctuary">Peak Wilderness Sanctuary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_17_November_2021_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_17_November_2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While it is commonly found in Sri Lanka, it is classified as endangered by the <a href="/wiki/International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature" title="International Union for Conservation of Nature">IUCN</a> due to <a href="/wiki/Habitat_loss" class="mw-redirect" title="Habitat loss">habitat loss</a>. It does not occur in habitats that have been modified by human action, showing that the species many not be able to tolerate human impacts to its environment. Knuckles Mountain Forest Reserve, a known habitat for the species, has recently been threatened by tea and <a href="/wiki/Cardamom" title="Cardamom">cardamom</a> plantations, unregulated construction, tourism, man-made forest fires, and <a href="/wiki/Invasive_species" title="Invasive species">invasive species</a>. Decreases in rainfall due to climate change, subcutaneous parasitic infections, and <a href="/wiki/Forest_dieback" title="Forest dieback">forest dieback</a> have also been identified as possible threats to the species.<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_17_November_2021_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_17_November_2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Polymorphism">Polymorphism</h2></div> <p>Polymorphism is defined as “arising of two or more distinct forms simultaneously in the same habitat of a species in such proportions that the rarest of them cannot be maintained by recurrent mutation’’.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li 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Horton Plains National Park"><img alt="adult stage with dark brown dorsal colouration found in world heritage Horton Plains National Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Taruga_eques_%28adult_stage%29_at_Horton_Plains_National_Park.jpg/120px-Taruga_eques_%28adult_stage%29_at_Horton_Plains_National_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Taruga_eques_%28adult_stage%29_at_Horton_Plains_National_Park.jpg/180px-Taruga_eques_%28adult_stage%29_at_Horton_Plains_National_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Taruga_eques_%28adult_stage%29_at_Horton_Plains_National_Park.jpg/240px-Taruga_eques_%28adult_stage%29_at_Horton_Plains_National_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="925" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">adult stage with dark brown dorsal colouration found in world heritage Horton Plains National Park</div> </li> 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