Biology:Limnonectes fujianensis
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Short description: Species of frog
| Fujian large-headed frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Limnonectes |
| Species: | L. fujianensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Limnonectes fujianensis Ye & Fei, 1994
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Limnonectes fujianensis (Fujian large-headed frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is most closely related to, and formerly confused with Limnonectes kuhlii. Its name refers to the type locality in Fujian province of China . It is also found in Hunan, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi in China as well as in Taiwan.[2] and other sources give a somewhat broader distribution.[3]
Limnonectes fujianensis is a medium-sized frog, males being 54 mm (2.1 in) and females 48 mm (1.9 in) snout-vent length.[3] Its natural habitats are moist lowland forests, moist montane forest, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, open excavations, and canals and ditches.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Limnonectes fujianensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T58335A63847624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T58335A63847624.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58335/63847624. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Limnonectes fujianensis Ye and Fei, 1994". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Limnonectes/Limnonectes-fujianensis. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fei, L. (1999) (in Chinese). Atlas of Amphibians of China. Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 202. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
Wikidata ☰ Q2245005 entry
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