Kaloula walteri

Kaloula walteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Microhylidae
Genus:Kaloula
Species: K. walteri
Binomial name
Kaloula walteri
Brown, Diesmos & Alcala, 2002

Kaloula walteri is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae.

It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is found in the mountains of southeastern Luzon Island and Polillo Island. Kaloula walteri is most closely related to Kaloula rigida.[1]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, arable land, pastureland, and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ↑ Blackburn, D. C., Siler, C. D., Diesmos, A. C., McGuire, J. A., Cannatella, D. C. and Brown, R. M. (2013), An adaptive radiation of frogs in a southeast Asian island archipelago. Evolution, 67: 2631–2646.
  • Diesmos, A.C.; Alcala, A.; Brown, R.; Afuang, L.E.; Dolino, C.; Gee, G.; Hampson, K.; Diesmos, M.; Mallari, A.; Ong, P.; Paguntalan, L.; Pedregosa, M.; Ubaldo, D. & Gutierrez, B. (2004). "Kaloula walteri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T57860A86468516. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57860A11695515.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  • Diesmos, A. C., R. M. Brown, and A. C. Alcala. 2002. A new species of narrow-mouthed frog (Amphibia; Anura; Microhylidae: genus Kaloula) from the mountains of southern Luzon and Polillo islands, Philippines. Copeia 2002:1037–1051.


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