Biology:Larut Hills rice frog

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Short description: Species of amphibian

The Larut Hills rice frog (Nanohyla annectens) is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is found in Peninsular Malaysia; records from Thailand and elsewhere probably refer to other species.[1] Its natural habitats are evergreen submontane and montane rainforests. It lives on the forest floor and in puddles and breeds in temporary pools. It is locally threatened by habitat loss.[2]

Larut Hills rice frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Anura
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Genus:
Species:
N. annectens
Binomial name
Nanohyla annectens
 (Boulenger, 1900)
Synonyms

Microhyla annectens Boulenger, 1900

Taxonomy

The Larut Hills rice frog used to be placed in the genus Microhyla, but a 2021 study using morphological and phylogenetic evidence moved nine species (including N. annectens) to a new genus, Nanohyla.[3]

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Microhyla annectens Boulenger, 1900". 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/Microhylidae/Microhylinae/Microhyla/Microhyla-annectens. Retrieved 24 February 2015. 
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2019. Microhyla annectens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T57875A91879626. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T57875A91879626.en. Downloaded on 14 January 2021.
  3. Gorin, Vladislav A.; Scherz, Mark D.; Korost, Dmitriy V.; Poyarkov, Nikolay A. (2021-12-01). "Consequences of parallel miniaturisation in Microhylinae (Anura, Microhylidae), with the description of a new genus of diminutive South East Asian frogs" (in en). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (1): 21–54. doi:10.3897/zse.97.57968. ISSN 1860-0743. https://zse.pensoft.net/article/57968/. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2240981 entry