Limnonectes medogensis
| Limnonectes medogensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Limnonectes |
| Species: | L. medogensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Limnonectes medogensis (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1997) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Liurana medogensis Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1997 | |
Limnonectes medogensis (common names: Medog papilla-tongued frog, Medog eastern frog) is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family. It is found in Mêdog County, Tibet (China) and in Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India.[2]
Description
This species is only known from four adult specimens. Males (the type series from the Mêdog County) measure 14–18 mm (0.55–0.71 in) in snout–vent length and females (from Arunachal Pradesh) 21 mm (0.83 in) in SVL. One of the females had three large eggs visible through its skin; this suggests that the species has direct development and does not depend on water bodies for reproduction. This reproductive mode is known from some related species.[3]
Habitat
Limnonectes medogensis has been found in both undisturbed and disturbed forest habitats.[3]
References
- ↑ Fei Liang, Lau, M.W.N. (2004). "Ingerana medogensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Limnonectes liui (Yang, 1983)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- 1 2 Borah, M. M.; S. Bordoloi; J. Purkayastha; M. Das; A. Dubois; A. Ohler (2013). "Limnonectes (Taylorana) medogensis (Fei, Ye & Huang, 1997) from Arunachal Pradesh (India), and on the identity of some diminutive ranoid frogs (Anura: Dicroglossidae, Occidozygidae)" (PDF). Herpetozoa 26: 39–48.