Euphlyctis ehrenbergii

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Euphlyctis ehrenbergii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Euphlyctis
Species:
E. ehrenbergii
Binomial name
Euphlyctis ehrenbergii
(Peters, 1863)
Synonyms [2]

Rana ehrenbergiiPeters, 1863
Rana cyanophlyctis ssp. ehrenbergi Parker, 1941

Euphlyctis ehrenbergii (Arabian five-fingered frog or Arabian skittering frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to the southwestern Arabian Peninsula in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. It has been treated as a subspecies of Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis , but is now considered as a valid species. [2] The specific name ehrenbergii honours Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795–1876), a German natural scientist. [3]

E. ehrenbergii is restricted to areas of permanent and temporary water in the Red Sea coast of Yemen and Saudi Arabia. A very aquatic species, it can also be present in irrigated areas. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Theodore Papenfuss, Steven Anderson, Sergius Kuzmin, Andrew Gardner (2004). "Euphlyctis ehrenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004 e.T58261A11758492. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58261A11758492.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Euphlyctis ehrenbergii (Peters, 1863)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 62. ISBN   978-1-907807-42-8.


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