Finch's wart frog

Limnonectes finchi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Limnonectes
Species: L. finchi
Binomial name
Limnonectes finchi
(Inger, 1966)
Synonyms

Rana microdisca ssp. finchi Inger, 1966

Finch's wart frog, Limnonectes finchi, is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family endemic to Sabah, Malaysia, but it might well occur in adjacent Kalimantan.[2] Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests. The main potential threat to this species is habitat loss caused by conversion of forests to oil palm plantations.[1] L. finchi shows some parental care: male frogs guard eggs and carry the tadpoles to small rain pools on the forest floor where the rest of larval development occurs.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Inger, R., Stuebing, R., Iskandar, D. & Mumpuni (2004). "Limnonectes finchi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Limnonectes finchi (Inger, 1966)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
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