Dryophytes flaviventris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dryophytes
Species:
D. flaviventris
Binomial name
Dryophytes flaviventris
Borzée and Min, 2020[1]

Dryophytes flaviventris, also known as the yellow-bellied tree frog, is a species of Ameroasian tree frog native to the central lowlands of South Korea, where it is known to occur in Buyeo, Nonsan and Iksan.[1][2] It was described in 2020 after research showed it to have genetic and morphological differences compared to Dryophytes immaculatus and Dryophytes suweonensis. The yellow-bellied tree frog is geographically separated from D. suweonensis by the Chilgap mountain range, and from other Dryophytes species (including D. immaculatus) by the Yellow Sea. The yellow bellied tree frog is estimated to have split off from D. suweonensis approximately 0.97 million years ago.[1]

The status of these tree frogs is currently not evaluated, but they are thought to be endangered as they have a very small range and are at risk of hybridization from other tree frogs.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Borzée, Amaël; Messenger, Kevin R.; Chae, Shinhyeok; Andersen, Desiree; Groffen, Jordy; et al. (2020). "Yellow sea mediated segregation between North East Asian Dryophytes species". PLOS ONE. 15 (6): e0234299. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1534299B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234299. PMC 7314424. PMID 32579561.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Dryophytes flaviventris Borzée and Min, 2020". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "익산서 발견된 신종 '노랑배청개구리'…"멸종위기종 지정해야"". 한겨레. 25 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-27.


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