Yunnan pond frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Nidirana
Species:
N. pleuraden
Binomial name
Nidirana pleuraden
(Boulenger, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Rana pleuraden Boulenger, 1904
  • Pelophylax pleuraden (Boulenger, 1904)
  • Babina pleuraden (Boulenger, 1904)

The Yunnan pond frog (Nidirana pleuraden) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae found in south-western China (Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou provinces) and possibly in adjacent parts of Myanmar.[1] The total length of this medium-sized frog is 54–56 mm (2.1–2.2 in).[2]

Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, ponds, aquaculture ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, canals, and ditches. It is a common species, though it has recently declined.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Nidirana pleuraden". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58698A63867379. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T58698A63867379.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 166. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.


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