Liurana alpina

species of amphibian

The alpine eastern frog or alpine papilla-tongued frog (Liurana alpina) is a frog. It lives in Tibet. Scientists have seen it between 2700 and 3200 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

Liurana alpina
VU (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Liurana
Species:
L. alpina
Binomial name
Liurana alpina
(Huang and Ye, 1997)
Synonyms[2]
  • Liurana alpinus Huang and Ye, 1997
  • Ingerana alpina Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
  • Liurana alpina Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010
  • Limnonectes (Taylorana) alpinus Borah, Bordoloi, Purkayastha, Das, Dubois, and Ohler, 2013

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Alpine Papilla-tongued Frog: Liurana alpina". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T58317A63848799. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T58317A63848799.en. S2CID 242004366. 58323. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Liurana alpina (Huang and Ye, 1997)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  3. " Liurana alpina: Huang & Ye, 1997". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 1, 2023.