Orixalus ananjevae

species of amphibian

The Ananjeva Asian tree frog, Annam flying tree frog, or Ananjeva's bush frog (Orixalus gracilipes) is a frog. It lives in Vietnam and Laos.[2][3][1]

Orixalus ananjevae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Orixalus
Species:
O. ananjevae
Binomial name
Orixalus ananjevae
(Matsui and Orlov, 2004)
Synonyms[2]
  • Chirixalus ananjevae Matsui and Orlov, 2004
  • Aquixalus (Aquixalus) ananjevae Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2005
  • Kurixalus ananjevae Li, Che, Bain, Zhao, and Zhang, 2008
  • Gracixalus ananjevae Rowley, Le, Dau, Hoang, and Cao, 2014
  • Orixalus ananjevae Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021

The adult frog is 32 mm to 43 mm long from nose to rear end. There are small, white spikes on the nose. There are disks on the toes for climbing. The adult male frog has longer legs than the adult female frog. The adult female frog has warts on her rear end.[3] The skin of the frog's back is grayish in color. There are dark marks on the sides of the body.[4]

This frog lives in forests on hills and in lower places. People have seen it between 100 and 1500 meters above sea level. Scientists think the female frog lays eggs in water that does not move because other frogs in Gracixalus do that.[3][1]

Scientists believe this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in such a large place. One of the places this frog lives is a protected park: Quang Nam Elephant Habitat and Species Conservation area. Human beings change the places where the frog lives by cutting down trees.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Ananjeva Asian Treefrog: Gracixalus ananjevae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T61878A85708126. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T61878A85708126.en. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Gracixalus ananjevae (Matsui and Orlov, 2004)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sam McNally; Mingna "Vicky" Zhuang (June 24, 2010). Mingna "Vicky" Zhuang (ed.). "Kurixalus ananjevae (Matsui and Orlov, 2004)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  4. Matsui M; Orlov N (2004). "A new species of Chirixalus from Vietnam (Anura: Rhacophoridae)". Zoological Science (Abstract): 671–676. doi:10.2108/zsj.21.671. PMID 15226589. Retrieved April 17, 2024.