Limnonectes doriae

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Limnonectes doriae
Rana doriae - Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova (1887) (18410954085) (cropped).jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Limnonectes
Species:
L. doriae
Binomial name
Limnonectes doriae
(Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms

Rana doriaeBoulenger, 1887 [2]

Limnonectes doriae (common name: Burmese wart frog, Doria's frog, or red stream frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae found in the Southeast Asia. [1] [3]

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Etymology

The specific name doriae commemorates the Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria. [2] [4]

Distribution and habitat

These frogs can be found in Myanmar and western and peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia, as well as in the Andaman Islands (India). [3] They are terrestrial frogs found in primary tropical forest. Breeding takes place in forest streams where the tadpoles develop. Its conservation status is insufficiently known. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Limnonectes doriae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T58332A87420097. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T58332A87420097.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Boulenger, G. A. (1887). "An account of the reptiles and batrachians obtained in Tenasserim by M. L. Fea of the Genoa Civic Museum". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Serie 2. 5: 474–486.
  3. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Limnonectes doriae (Boulenger, 1887)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 58. ISBN   978-1-907807-42-8.