Polypedates nigropunctatus

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Polypedates nigropunctatus
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Rhacophoridae Genus: Polypedates Species: P. nigropunctatus
Binomial name
Polypedates nigropunctatus (Liu, Hu & Yang, 1962)

Polypedates nigropunctatus is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family. It is found in China, possibly Myanmar, and possibly Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, ponds, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] Source

• Lau, M.W.N. & Datong, Y. 2004. Polypedates nigropunctatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.