Biology:Fejervarya iskandari

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Fejervarya iskandari
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Fejervarya
Species:
F. iskandari
Binomial name
Fejervarya iskandari
Veith, Kosuch, Ohler & Dubois, 2001

Fejervarya iskandari is a species of frog that is endemic to Java, Indonesia.[2] It is named in honor of Djoko Iskandar, an Indonesian herpetologist.[3] It has been recorded in Bandung and Sukabumi, West Java.

Male Fejervarya iskandari have a moderately stout body and measure 40–43 mm (1.6–1.7 in) in snout–vent length.[3] It is a locally common species living on paddy fields where it also breeds. It is not considered threatened.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Fejervarya iskandari". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T58272A114920070. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T58272A114920070.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58272/114920070. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Fejervarya iskandari Veith, Kosuch, Ohler, and Dubois, 2001". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php/. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Veith, M.; J. Kosuch; A. Ohler; A. Dubois (2001). "Systematics of Fejervarya limnocharis (Gravenhorst, 1829) (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) and related species. 2. Morphological and molecular variation in frogs from the Greater Sunda Islands (Sumatra, Java, Borneo) with the definition of two species". Alytes 19: 5–28. 

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