Hylarana malayana

frog from Myanmar

The Malaya stream frog, Malay woodfrog, or Malayan dark-side frog (Hylarana malayana) is a frog from Myanmar and India.[1][2]

Hylarana malayana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Hylarana
Species:
H. malayana
Binomial name
Hylarana malayana
(Sheridan and Stuart, 2018)
Synonyms[1]
  • Sylvirana malayana (Sheridan and Stuart, 2018)
  • Hylarana malayana (Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021)

Scientists think this might be related to Sylvirana nigrovittata.[1]

The adult male frog is 42.2–48.8 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 47.2–56.8 mm long. This frog is medium-brown in color with small dark spots. Its mouth is white. It has a wide, dark stripe down each side of its body, from its nose to where its legs meet its body. Its belly is white.[3]

This frog has vomerine teeth in its jaw. It has disks on its toes for climbing. The adult male frog has stronger front legs than the adult female frog.[3]

The scientists who wrote the first paper about this frog named it malayana because it is the only frog in its group that lives in Peninsular Malaysia.[3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sylvirana malayana (Sheridan and Stuart, 2018)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  2. "Sylvirana malayana". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jennifer A. Sheridan; Brian L. Stuart (March 14, 2018). "Hidden species diversity in Sylvirana nigrovittata (Amphibia: Ranidae) highlights the importance of taxonomic revisions in biodiversity conservation". PLOS ONE (Full text). 13 (3): e0192766. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0192766. PMC 5851555. PMID 29538432.