Doichang frog | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dicroglossidae |
Genus: | Nanorana |
Species: | N. aenea |
Binomial name | |
Nanorana aenea (Smith, 1922) | |
Synonyms | |
Rana aenea Smith, 1922 |
The Doichang frog (Nanorana aenea) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is only known from its type locality, Doi Chang, mountain north of Chiang Mai (Thailand), Fansipan mountain in northern Vietnam (type locality for the now-synonymized Rana fansipani), and Huanglianshan National Nature Reserve in Yunnan, China.
Description
Adult males of Doichang frog are 65–77 mm (2.6–3.0 in) in snout-vent length and have spines in several parts of their bodies, a male secondary sex characteristic.
Habitat and conservation
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and rivers. It is potentially threatened by habitat loss, more so in Vietnam than in Thailand. In Vietnam it is probably eaten locally.
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Nanorana aenea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T88370789A113958590. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T88370789A113958590.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Nanorana aenea (Smith, 1922)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- "Nanorana aenea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Dubois, A.; Ohler, A. (2005). "Taxonomic notes on the Asian frogs of the tribe Paini (Ranidae, Dicroglossinae): 1. Morphology and synonymy of Chaparana aenea (Smith, 1922), with proposal of a new statistical method for testing homogeneity of small samples". Journal of Natural History. 39 (20): 1759–1778. doi:10.1080/00222930400023735. S2CID 83716886.
- ^ van Dijk, P.P. & Swan, S. (2004). "Nanorana fansipani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 15 September 2012.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
Taxon identifiers | |
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Nanorana aenea | |
Rana aenea |