Pelophylax lateralis

Kokarit frog
Pelophylax lateralis, Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Subfamily: Raninae
Genus: Pelophylax
Species: P. lateralis
Binomial name
Pelophylax lateralis
(Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms

Rana lateralis Boulenger, 1887
Rana nigrolineata Liu & Hu, 1960
Hylarana lateralis (Boulenger, 1887)[1]

Pelophylax lateralis is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is commonly known as Kokarit frog, yellow frog or (ambiguously) wood frog.[2]

Placed in Rana when this was still loosely circumscribed, it was since assigned to the "water frog" genus Pelophylax. However, it is not clear whether this is the most appropriate treatment, and the Kokarit Frog might rather belong in Hylarana. The supposed species Rana nigrolineata was recently determined to be a junior synonym of "P." lateralis.[3]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, moist shrubland, plantations, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, ponds, and seasonally flooded or irrigated agricultural land. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.[2]

Consumption

In parts of Cambodia north and east of the Mekong River, it is collected for human consumption in localities such as Snuol District, Kratie Province.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Hylarana lateralis (Boulenger, 1887)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 van Dijk et al. (2011)
  3. ↑ Stuart (2008), van Dijk et al. (2011)
  4. ↑ An Investigation into Frog Consumption and Trade in Cambodia

References

  • van Dijk, P.P.; Stuart, B.; Datong, Yang & Shunqing, Lu (2011). "Pelophylax lateralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  • Stuart, Bryan L. (2008): The phylogenetic problem of Huia (Amphibia: Ranidae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 46(1): 49-60. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.016 PDF fulltext


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