Burmese wart frog
| Limnonectes doriae | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Limnonectes |
| Species: | L. doriae |
| Binomial name | |
| Limnonectes doriae (Boulenger, 1887) | |
The Burmese wart frog, Doria's frog, or red stream frog, Limnonectes doriae, is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family.
Etymology
The species name doriae commemorates the Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria. [2]
Distribution and habitat
These frogs can be found in Myanmar and western and peninsular Thailand and 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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 van Dijk, P.P., Wogan, G., Das, I. & Vijayakumar, S.P. (2004). "Limnonectes doriae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ Boulenger, 1887 An account of the batrachians obtained in Burma by M.L. Fea of the Genoa Civic Museum. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, sér. 2, vol. 5, p. 418-424
- ↑ 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.