Odorrana grahami

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Odorrana grahami
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Odorrana
Species: O. grahami
Binomial name
Odorrana grahami
(Boulenger, 1917)
Synonyms

Huia grahami (Boulenger, 1917)
Rana grahami Boulenger, 1917

Graham's frog or diskless-fingered odorous frog (Odorrana grahami) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and possibly Hunan) and Vietnam (in Hoàng Liên National Park in the north).[1] Presumably it is also found in Myanmar in areas adjacent to its Chinese distribution area.[2]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, and freshwater marshes. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.[1]

Description

Odorrana grahami is a relatively large frog, with males reaching 76 mm (3.0 in) and females 92 mm (3.6 in) in length.[3]

The skin secretions of Odorrana grahami have been subject to biochemical studies, yielding for example antimicrobial peptides.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Yang Datong, Lu Shunqing, Annemarie Ohler, Steven Swan (2004). "Odorrana grahami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 10 January 2013. 
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2011). "Odorrana grahami (Boulenger, 1917)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 January 2013. 
  3. ↑ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 194. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9. 
  4. ↑ Che, Q.; Zhou, Y.; Yang, H.; Li, J.; Xu, X.; Lai, R. (2008). "A novel antimicrobial peptide from amphibian skin secretions of Odorrana grahami". Peptides 29 (4): 529–535. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2008.01.004. PMID 18282640. 
Frogs in the Odorrana genus
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