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Nidirana pleuraden

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Species of amphibian

Yunnan pond frog
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Nidirana
Species: N. pleuraden
Binomial name
Nidirana pleuraden
(Boulenger, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Rana pleuraden Boulenger, 1904
  • Pelophylax pleuraden (Boulenger, 1904)
  • Babina pleuraden (Boulenger, 1904)

The Yunnan pond frog (Nidirana pleuraden) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae found in south-western China (Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou provinces) and possibly in adjacent parts of Myanmar. The total length of this medium-sized frog is 54–56 mm (2.1–2.2 in).

Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, ponds, aquaculture ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, canals, and ditches. It is a common species, though it has recently declined.

References

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Nidirana pleuraden". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58698A63867379. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T58698A63867379.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 166. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
Taxon identifiers
Babina pleuraden
Rana pleuraden


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