Biology:Hylarana malayana

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Short description: Species of frog

Hylarana malayana
Sylvirana malayana, Malaya stream frog - Khao Sok National Park (50769351723).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Hylarana
Species:
H. malayana
Binomial name
Hylarana malayana
(Sheridan and Stuart, 2018)
Synonyms[1]
  • Sylvirana malayana Sheridan and Stuart, 2018

Hylarana malayana, the Malaya stream frog, Malay woodfrog, or Malayan dark-side frog, is a frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to Myanmar and India .[1][2]

Scientists consider this frog a sister taxon to Sylvirana nigrovittata.[1]

The adult male frog measures 42.2–48.8 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 47.2–56.8 mm. This frog is medium-brown in color with small dark spots. Its lips are white. It has a wide, dark stripe down each side of its body, from nose to groin. Its belly is white.[3]

This frog has vomerine teeth in its jaw and disks on its toes for climbing. The adult male frog has more robust front legs than the adult female frog.[3]

The scientists who wrote the first paper about this frog named it malayana because it is the only species among its close relatives that lives in Peninsular Malaysia.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q63164989 entry