Limnonectes namiyei

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Namiye's frog
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Limnonectes
Species:
L. namiyei
Binomial name
Limnonectes namiyei
(Stejneger, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Rana namiyeiStejneger, 1901

Limnonectes namiyei is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to Okinawa Island, Japan. [2] It is named after Motoyoshi Namiye, a Japanese naturalist and herpetologist. [3] Its common name is Okinawa wart frog or Namiye's frog; [2] [3] the latter name is also spelled Namie's frog. [4]

Its natural habitats are upstream regions in primary broad-leaved evergreen forest. It used to be a common frog but has greatly declined because of habitat loss (deforestation, road and dam construction) and predation by invasive mongooses. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Limnonectes namiyei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T41239A177178607. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T41239A177178607.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Limnonectes namiyei (Stejneger, 1901)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (22 April 2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 152. ISBN   978-1-907807-44-2.
  4. ↑ E.g. "Namie's frog (Limnonectes namiyei)". Wildscreen Arkive. Archived from the original on 2015-01-06. Retrieved 6 January 2015.


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