Theloderma annae

species of amphibian

Anna's bug-eyed frog or Anna's mossy frog (Theloderma annae) is a frog. It lives in Vietnam. It lives in the Ngoc Son–Ngo Luong Nature Reserve and Cuc Phuong National Park.[2][3][1][4]

Theloderma annae
DD (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Theloderma
Species:
T. annae
Binomial name
Theloderma annae
Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Ngo, and Ziegler, 2016

The adult male frog is about 27.1-28.5 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 30.3-32.6 long. The skin of the frog's back is gray-green in color. The throat, belly, sides, and parts of the legs are brown with white spots.[4]

This frog lives in forests that have karst rock and limestone rock in the ground. People see them near caves and on cliffs. People see this frog far from water. This frog can live in forest that was cut down and is growing back. People have seen this frog between 67 and 650 meters above sea level.[1]

Scientists think this frog's tadpoles swim in the water, like other tadpoles in Theloderma, but they have not seen them yet.[1]

Danger

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Scientists do not know if this frog is in danger of dying out or not. Human beings change the places where the frog lives by changing forests into farms by cutting trees to get wood to build with, and by digging up karst rock to use.[1]

People sometimes catch this frog to sell as a pet, but scientists do not know if that is a danger to the frog.[1]

Some of the places this frog lives are protected parks: Ngo Luong-Ngoc Son Nature Reserve, Trang An Landscape Complex, and Cuc Phuong National Park.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Anna's Mossy Frog: Theloderma annae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T113888153A113888254. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T113888153A113888254.en. 113888153. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Theloderma annae Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Ngo, and Ziegler, 2016". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  3. "Theloderma annae Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Ngo, and Ziegler, 2016". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Nguyen TQ; Pham CT; Nguyen TT; Ngo HN; Ziegler T (2016). "A new species of Theloderma (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam". Zootaxa (Abstract). 4168 (1): 171–186. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4168.1.10. PMID 27701355.