Taipei frog

species of amphibian
(Redirected from Hylarana taipehensis)

The Taipei frog also referred to as Taipeh frog, Taipei grass frog, two-striped grass frog, striped slender frog, Taipei slender frog, Taipeh slender frog, white-banded frog, Taiwanese frog or stripe-backed frog (Hylarana taipehensis) is a frog from China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.[3] People have seen this frog as high as 800 meters above sea level.[1]

Taipei frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Hylarana
Species:
H. 
Binomial name
Hylarana
(Van Denburgh, 1909)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hylarana taipehensis (Van Denburgh, 1909)
  • Hylarana taipehensis (Bourret, 1937)
  • Rana (Hylarana) taipehensis (Dubois, 1987)
  • Hylarana (Tenuirana) taipehensis (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990)
  • Rana (Hylarana) taipehensis (Ohler and Mallick, 2003)
  • Hylarana (Tenuirana) taipehensis (Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005)
  • Rana (Hylarana) taipehensis (Ohler and Mallick, 2003)
  • Hylarana taipehensis (Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai, 2005)

Appearance change

The adult frog is 40 mm long from nose to rear end. It is bright yellow, green, brown, or mixed in color with some dark brown on the sides of its head. During the day, this frog stays where the trees are close to each other. It can live near humans, on farms and in cities.[1]

Threats change

Scientists do not think this frog is in danger of dying out right now, but there are fewer of them than there were. Scientists think it would be bad for the frog if human beings changed the place where they live too much. Chemicals that make farm plants grow, chemical poisons that kill pests, and pollution can all kill this frog.[1]

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jesse Lou (August 9, 2000). "Guangdong Frog: Hylarana taipehensis: Taipei frog". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Taipei Frog: Hylarana taipehensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T58730A63848371. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T58730A63848371.en. 58730. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Hylarana taipehensis (Van Denburgh, 1909)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved December 16, 2020.