Biology:Samkos bush frog
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Feihyla |
| Species: | F. samkosensis
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| Feihyla samkosensis (Grismer et al., 2007)[2]
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The Samkos bush frog (Feihyla samkosensis) is a moss frog found in Cambodia in the Cardamom Mountains. It was first described in 2007.[3][2][4]
Description
The Samkos bush frog is relatively small, around 25 mm (0.98 in) in snout-to-vent length.[5] It has a smooth body and translucent skin; its blood is externally visible. It has green-colored blood and turquoise-hued bones, a result of a pigment in waste products, biliverdin.[6]
Distribution
The species is found in the jungle terrain of the Cardamom Mountains in southwestern Cambodia.[5] It was found in Pursat Province in the Phnom Samkos area at 500 metres (1,600 ft) above sea level.
Conservation status
F. samkosensis is listed as "vulnerable" by the IUCN.[1] Human expansion threatens the species, notably via a new, wide, graded road through the middle of the type locality.[1]
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/full/136075/0
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lee Grismer, L.; Thy, Neang; Chav, Thou; Holden, Jeremy (2007). "A new species of Chiromantis Peters 1854 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Phnom Samkos in the Northwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia". Herpetologica 63 (3): 392–400. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[392:ANSOCP2.0.CO;2].
- ↑ "Feihyla samkosensis (Grismer, Neang, Chav, and Holden, 2007) | Amphibian Species of the World". https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Feihyla/Feihyla-samkosensis.
- ↑ Smith, Lewis (2008-12-18). "Greenblooded frog makes first appearance for scientists". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article5361493.ece. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.geo-bio.fr/cuora_amb/_JP108.pdf[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ Thompson, Christian (2008-12-15). "First Contact in the Greater Mekong" (pdf). World Wildlife Fund. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFBinaryitem10994.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
External links
- Images at Wildlife Extra
Wikidata ☰ Q2963932 entry
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