| Nanorana parkeri | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Nanorana |
| Species: | N. parkeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Nanorana parkeri (Stejneger, 1927) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Altirana parkeri Stejneger, 1927 | |
Nanorana parkeri (common names: High Himalaya frog, Xizang Plateau frog, Parker's slow frog, mountain slow frog) is a species of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in Tibet (China) and in Nepal, but it is expected to be found also in Bhutan and parts of India. It is the second amphibian, and the first Neobatrachian, to have its whole genome published.
Description
Nanorana parkeri are medium-sized frogs: males grow to a snout–vent length of about 44 mm (1.7 in) and females to 48 mm (1.9 in). Tadpoles are up to about 51 mm (2.0 in) in length.
Genome
The genome is about 2.3 Gb in size, encoding more than 20,000 protein-coding genes.
Online Model Organism Database
xenbase provides limited support (BLAST, JBrowse tracks, genome download) for Nanorana parkeri.
Habitat and conservation
This very common frog is found on high-altitude grasslands, forests, shrubs, lakes, ponds, marshes, streams and rivers in the Tibetan Plateau at elevations of 2,850–5,000 m (9,350–16,400 ft) above sea level. It an explosive breeder in streams and marshes. There are no known major threats.
References
- ^ Fei Liang, Lu Shunqing, Yang Datong, Sushil Dutta, Annemarie Ohler, Tej Kumar Shrestha (2004). "Nanorana parkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58392A11766426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58392A11766426.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Nanorana parkeri (Stejneger, 1927)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ Sun, Yan-Bo; Xiong, Zi-Jun; Xiang, Xue-Yan; Liu, Shi-Ping; Zhou, Wei-Wei; Tu, Xiao-Long; Zhong, Li; Wang, Lu; Wu, Dong-Dong; Zhang, Bao-Lin; Zhu, Chun-Ling; Yang, Min-Min; Chen, Hong-Man; Li, Fang; Zhou, Long; Feng, Shao-Hong; Huang, Chao; Zhang, Guo-Jie; Irwin, David; Hillis, David M.; Murphy, Robert W.; Yang, Huan-Ming; Che, Jing; Wang, Jun; Zhang, Ya-Ping (2015). "Whole-genome sequence of the Tibetan frog Nanorana parkeri and the comparative evolution of tetrapod genomes". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (11): E1257–E1262. Bibcode:2015PNAS..112E1257S. doi:10.1073/pnas.1501764112. PMC 4371989. PMID 25733869.
- Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. pp. 226–228. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Nanorana parkeri | |