Buergeria choui
species of amphibian
The Yaeyama Kajika frog (Buergeria choui) is a frog. It lives in Taiwan and Japan on Iriomote Island and Ishigaki Island.[2][3][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Buergeria |
| Species: | B. choui
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| Binomial name | |
| Buergeria choui (Boulenger, 1900 "1899")
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People see this frog in many different kinds of places: valleys with forests, ponds, and places where the water comes out of the ground very hot, streams, and rice fields. The female frog lays eggs on rocks or in caves near water. Tadpoles can swim in puddles or streams, but they can also live in hot water. They see this frog between 0 and 1800 meters above sea level.[1]
Scientists believe this frog is not in danger of dying out. Sometimes people sell this frog as a pet.[1]
First paper
change- Matsui M; Tominaga A (2020). "A new species of Buergeria from the southern Ryukyus and northwestern Taiwan (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae)". Current Herpetology. 39: 160–172.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Red-headed Flying Frog: Buergeria choui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T186883321A186883374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T186883321A186883374.en. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Buergeria choui (Boulenger, 1900 "1899")". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ↑ "Buergeria choui (Boulenger, 1900)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
