Fejervarya multistriata

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Fejervarya multistriata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Fejervarya
Species:
F. multistriata
Binomial name
Fejervarya multistriata
(Hallowell, 1861)
Synonyms

Rana gracilisWiegmann, 1834 (non Gravenhorst, 1829: preoccupied)
Rana gracilisBourret, 1927 (non Gravenhorst, 1829: preoccupied)
Rana multistriataHallowell, 1861

Fejervarya multistriata (common name: Hong Kong paddy frog or simply paddy frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. [2] [3] It is found in southern China (from Yuannan to Guangdong and Hainan) and in Taiwan, but its range likely extends to Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. [3]

The taxonomy of Fejervarya multistriata and related frogs in China is complicated and not fully settled. What was formerly referred to as Fejervarya limnocharis is now considered to consist of the more southern Fejervarya multistriata and the more northern Fejervarya kawamurai . Accounts on Fejervarya limnocharis represent either Fejervarya multistriata or Fejervarya kawamurai , whereas accounts on Fejervarya multistriata could represent Fejervarya kawamurai [3] described as late as in 2011. [4]

Sources

  1. Annemarie Ohler (2004). "Fejervarya multistriata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T58277A11748427. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58277A11748427.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Fejervarya multistriata (Hallowell, 1861)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Fejervarya multistriata (Hallowell, 1861)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  4. Djong, H. T.; Matsui, M.; Kuramoto, M.; Nishioka, M.; Sumida, M. (2011). "A new species of the Fejervarya limnocharis complex from Japan (Anura, Dicroglossidae)" (PDF). Zoological Science. 28 (12): 922–929. doi:10.2108/zsj.28.922. hdl: 2433/216897 . PMID   22132790. S2CID   2914013.


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