Kaloula walteri
| Kaloula walteri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Genus: | Kaloula |
| Species: | K. walteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Kaloula walteri Brown, Diesmos & Alcala, 2002 | |
Kaloula walteri is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.
It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is found in the mountains of southeastern Luzon Island and Polillo Island. Kaloula walteri is most closely related to Kaloula rigida.[1]
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, arable land, pastureland, and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ Blackburn, D. C., Siler, C. D., Diesmos, A. C., McGuire, J. A., Cannatella, D. C. and Brown, R. M. (2013), An adaptive radiation of frogs in a southeast Asian island archipelago. Evolution, 67: 2631–2646.
- Diesmos, A., Alcala, A., Brown, R., Afuang, L., Dolino, C., Gee, G., Hampson, K., Diesmos, M.L., Mallari, A., Ong, P., Paguntalan, L., Pedregosa, M., Ubaldo, D. & Gutierrez, B. 2004. Kaloula walteri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
- Diesmos, A. C., R. M. Brown, and A. C. Alcala. 2002. A new species of narrow-mouthed frog (Amphibia; Anura; Microhylidae: genus Kaloula) from the mountains of southern Luzon and Polillo islands, Philippines. Copeia 2002:1037–1051.
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