Biology:Eastern golden frog

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Eastern golden frog
Rana plancyi04.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Pelophylax
Species:
P. plancyi
Binomial name
Pelophylax plancyi
(Lataste, 1880)[2]
Pelophylax plancyi map.png
Synonyms
  • Rana plancyi Lataste, 1880

The eastern golden frog (Pelophylax plancyi) is a species of true frog found in eastern and northeastern China.[1] It is closely related to the Seoul frog, Pelophylax chosenicus and to P. fukienensis, both initially described as subspecies of P. plancyi.[3]

Eastern golden frog is a medium to large-sized frog, with males reaching 55 mm (2.2 in) and females 67 mm (2.6 in) length.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pelophylax plancyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T58697A63867236. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58697A63867236.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58697/63867236. Retrieved 13 November 2021. 
  2. "Pelophylax plancyi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=775193. 
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2011). "Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference". American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/. 
  4. Fei, L. (1999) (in Chinese). Atlas of Amphibians of China. Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 162. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9. 

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