Odorrana monjerai

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Odorrana monjerai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Odorrana
Species: O. monjerai
Binomial name
Odorrana monjerai
(Matsui & Jaafar, 2006)

Odorrana monjerai is a medium-sized frog of the genus Odorrana.

Description & habitat

O. monjerai has only been found in the Teroi River on Gunung Jerai, Kedah State, West Malaysia. It is distinguished from all other members of the subgenus by the combination of: white lip stripe, dorsolateral fold, full web on the fourth toe, vomerine teeth, gular vocal pouch and relatively large tympanum in males, no dorsal marking, no clear light spots on rear of thigh, first finger subequal to second, finely tuberculated dorsum, and unpigmented ova.

References

  • Matsui and Jaafar, 2006, A New Cascade Frog of the Subgenus Odorrana from Peninsular Malaysia. Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 23: 647
  • Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 43: 1-13

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