南方豹蛙
南方豹蛙(学名:[2][3])是一種大部份時間水生的青蛙。牠們分佈在美國東南部的地方,其下共有兩個亞種。
南方豹蛙 | |
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科学分类 | |
界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 脊索动物门 Chordata |
纲: | 两栖纲 Amphibia |
目: | 无尾目 Anura |
科: | 赤蛙科 Ranidae |
属: | 蛙屬 Rana |
种: | 南方豹蛙 R. sphenocephala |
二名法 | |
Rana sphenocephala Cope, 1886 | |
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特徵
南方豹蛙一般呈綠色或淺褐色,有深褐色或黑色的疙瘩。牠們長達9厘米,吻較尖。
生態及行為
南方豹蛙喜歡淺淡水的環境,如河流、池塘或湖泊,當中有足夠的植物作為偽裝。牠們多是夜間活動及肉食性的,主要吃昆蟲、蚯蚓、蜘蛛及蜈蚣。牠們是跳躍能手,在受到掠食的時候會跳入水中逃亡。若氣溫許可,牠們全年也會繁殖。牠們會在淺水的地方產卵,每次產幾百顆。蝌蚪會在水中生活約90天,吃藻類及其他植物。
參考
- Geoffrey Hammerson, Blair Hedges. . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004. [2009-09-12].
- Hillis, D. M. . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2007, 42: 331–8.
- Hillis, D. M., and T. P. Wilcox. . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2005, 34: 299–314.
- Frogs & Toads of Georgia: Southern Leopard Frog (页面存档备份,存于)
- Frost, D. R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R., Haas, A., Haddad, C. F. B., de Sa, R. O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S. C., Raxworthy, C. J., Campbell, J. A., Blotto, B. L., Moler, P., Drewes, R. C., Nussbaum, R. A., Lynch, J. D., Green, D. M., & Wheeler, W. C. (2006): The amphibian tree of life. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.' 297: 1-371.
- Herps of Texas: Rana sphenocephala (页面存档备份,存于)
- Hillis, D.M., Frost, J.S.,& Wright, D.A. (1983): Phylogeny and biogeography of the Rana pipiens complex: A biochemical evaluation. Systematic Zoology' 32: 132-143.
- Hillis, D.M. (1988): Systematics of the Rana pipiens complex: Puzzle and paradigm. Annual Review of Systematics and Ecology 19: 39-63.
- Study of Northern Virginia Ecology: Southern Leopard Frog
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