Gracixalus medogensis

species of Amphibia

The Medog bubble-nest frog or Medog small tree frog (Gracixalus medogensis) is a frog. It lives in China. Scientists have only seen it in one place: Medog County in Xixang, but they think it might live in India too. People have seen this frog between 1200 and 1500 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

Gracixalus medogensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Gracixalus
Species:
G. medogensis
Binomial name
Gracixalus medogensis
(Ye and Hu, 1984)
Synonyms[2]
  • Philautus medogensis Ye and Hu, 1984
  • Philautus (Philautus) medogensis Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001
  • Aquixalus medogensis Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009
  • Gracixalus medogensis Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009

Scientists saw this in rainforests in warm parts of the world. They found it on small, woody plants near a lake.[1]

One of the places this frog lives is a protected park: Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Nature Reserve.[1]

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "墨脱纤树蛙: Gracixalus medogensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58871A63880843. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T58871A63880843.en. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Gracixalus medogensis (Ye and Hu, 1984)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  3. "Gracixalus medogensis (Ye and Hu, 1984)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved April 3, 2024.