Liurana medogensis

Liurana medogensis
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ceratobatrachidae
Genus:	Liurana
Species:	L. medogensis
Binomial name
	Liurana medogensis; (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1997)
Synonyms
	Liurana medogensis Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1997; Ingerana medogensis (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1997); Limnonectes medogensis (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1997);

Liurana medogensis, commonly known as Medog papilla-tongued frog or Medog eastern frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is found in Mêdog County, Tibet (China) and in Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India.[2]

Description

This species is only known from four adult specimens. Males (the type series from the Mêdog County) measure 14–18 mm (0.55–0.71 in) in snout–vent length and females (from Arunachal Pradesh) 21 mm (0.83 in) in SVL. One of the females had three large eggs visible through its skin; this suggests that the species has direct development and does not depend on water bodies for reproduction. This reproductive mode is known from some related species.[3]

Habitat

Liurana medogensis has been found in both undisturbed and disturbed forest habitats.[3]

References

Fei Liang; Lau, M.W.N. (2004). "Liurana medogensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58320A11765420. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58320A11765420.en.
Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Limnonectes liui (Yang, 1983)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
Borah, M. M.; S. Bordoloi; J. Purkayastha; M. Das; A. Dubois; A. Ohler (2013). "Limnonectes (Taylorana) medogensis (Fei, Ye & Huang, 1997) from Arunachal Pradesh (India), and on the identity of some diminutive ranoid frogs (Anura: Dicroglossidae, Occidozygidae)" (PDF). Herpetozoa. 26: 39–48.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[IUCN-1] Fei Liang; Lau, M.W.N. (2004). "Liurana medogensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58320A11765420. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58320A11765420.en.

[frost-2] Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Limnonectes liui (Yang, 1983)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

[Borah-3] Borah, M. M.; S. Bordoloi; J. Purkayastha; M. Das; A. Dubois; A. Ohler (2013). "Limnonectes (Taylorana) medogensis (Fei, Ye & Huang, 1997) from Arunachal Pradesh (India), and on the identity of some diminutive ranoid frogs (Anura: Dicroglossidae, Occidozygidae)" (PDF). Herpetozoa. 26: 39–48.