| Nanorana pleskei | |
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| Nanorana pleskei from Haa District, Bhutan | |
| 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. pleskei |
| Binomial name | |
| Nanorana pleskei Günther, 1896 | |
Nanorana pleskei (common names: Songpan slow frog, Pleske's high altitude frog, plateau frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. Until recently it has been only known from southwestern/central western China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai, southeastern Gansu) from elevations between 3,300–4,500 m (10,800–14,800 ft), but there is now one record also from Bhutan. Notice, however, that earlier records outside China have turned out to be misidentifications.
Its natural habitats are subtropical high-altitude shrubland, grassland, rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Nanorana pleskei are relatively small frogs: males grow to a snout–vent length of about 32 mm (1.3 in) and females to 36 mm (1.4 in). Tadpoles are up to about 41 mm (1.6 in) in length.
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Nanorana pleskei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T58393A63881458. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Nanorana pleskei Günther, 1896". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- Wangyal, J. T. (2013). "New records of reptiles and amphibians from Bhutan". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 5 (13): 4774–4783. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3539.4774-83.
- Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 228. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
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