Two-striped grass frog
| Two-striped grass frog | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Hylarana |
| Species: | H. taipehensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylarana taipehensis (van Denburgh, 1909) | |
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The two-striped grass frog (Hylarana taipehensis) is a species of true frog in the genus Hylarana found in northeastern India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, southern China, Hong Kong, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1][2] It has recently been reported also from Bhutan.[3]
This small frog may grow up to 4 cm (1.6 in) in snout-vent length (males are slightly smaller).[4]
References
- 1 2 Peter Paul van Dijk, Bryan Stuart, Michael Wai Neng Lau, Bosco Chan, Yuan Zhigang, Lue Kuangyang, Chou Wenhao, Sushil Dutta, Saibal Sengupta, Annemarie Ohler, Sabitry Bordoloi, Ghazi S.M. Asmat (2004). "Hylarana taipehensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Hylarana taipehensis (Van Denburgh, 1909)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ Wangyal, J. T. (2013). "New records of reptiles and amphibians from Bhutan". Journal of Threatened Taxa 5 (13): 4774–4783. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3539.4774-83.
- ↑ Lue, Kuang-Yang. "Hylarana taipehensis". BiotaTaiwanica. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
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