Nanorana parkeri

Nanorana parkeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Nanorana
Species: N. parkeri
Binomial name
Nanorana parkeri
(Stejneger, 1927)
Synonyms

Altirana parkeri Stejneger, 1927

Nanorana parkeri (common names: High Himalaya frog, Xizang Plateau frog, Parker's slow frog, mountain slow frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in Tibet (China) and in Nepal, but it is expected to be found also in Bhutan and parts of India.[2] It is the second amphibian, and the first Neobatrachian, to have its whole genome sequenced.[3]

Description

Nanorana parkeri are medium-sized frogs: males grow to a snout–vent length of about 44 mm (1.7 in) and females to 48 mm (1.9 in). Tadpoles are up to about 51 mm (2.0 in) in length.[4]

Genome

The genome is about 2.3 Gb in size, encoding more than 20,000 protein-coding genes. Nanorana parkeri is estimated to have diverged from Xenopus tropicalis, the other amphibian with sequenced genome, approximately 266 Ma ago (range 134–311 Ma).[3]

Habitat and conservation

This very common frog is found on high-altitude grasslands, forests, shrubs, lakes, ponds, marshes, streams and rivers in the Tibetan Plateau at elevations of 2,850–5,000 m (9,350–16,400 ft) asl. It an explosive breed in streams and marshes. There are no known major threats.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Fei Liang, Lu Shunqing, Yang Datong, Dutta, S., Ohler, A. & Shrestha, T.K. (2004). "Nanorana parkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Nanorana parkeri (Stejneger, 1927)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 Sun, Yan-Bo; Xiong, Zi-Jun; Xiang, Xue-Yan; Liu, Shi-Ping; Zhou, Wei-Wei; Tu, Xiao-Long; Zhong, Li; Wang, Lu; Wu, Dong-Dong; Zhang, Bao-Lin; Zhu, Chun-Ling; Yang, Min-Min; Chen, Hong-Man; Li, Fang; Zhou, Long; Feng, Shao-Hong; Huang, Chao; Zhang, Guo-Jie; Irwin, David; Hillis, David M.; Murphy, Robert W.; Yang, Huan-Ming; Che, Jing; Wang, Jun; Zhang, Ya-Ping (2015). "Whole-genome sequence of the Tibetan frog Nanorana parkeri and the comparative evolution of tetrapod genomes". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (11): E1257–E1262. doi:10.1073/pnas.1501764112.
  4. Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. pp. 226–228. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
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