The valley papilla-tongued frog (Liurana vallecula) is a frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae endemic to Tibet. Scientists know it exclusively from the type locality in Medog County. Scientists have seen it 550 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]
| Liurana vallecula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ceratobatrachidae |
| Genus: | Liurana |
| Species: | L. vallecula
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| Binomial name | |
| Liurana vallecula Jiang, Wang, Wang, Li, and Che, 2019
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Appearance
editThe adult frog measures 14.6 to 20.4 mm in snout-vent length. The skin of the dorsum is red-brown in color. This frog has a white belly with dark spots or mottling. There are dark bars across the legs and no webbed skin on any of the feet.[4]
Threats
editThis frog lives in Medog County, which has been subject to cosniderable human-induced habitat loss.[4]
Etymology
editScientists named this frog vallecula in Latin for "valley-dwelling." They also named it He Gu She Tu Wa (河谷舌突蛙) in Chinese and valley papilla-tongued frog in English.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Alpine Papilla-tongued Frog: Liurana vallecula". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T149685795A149685854. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T149685795A149685854.en. S2CID 241681349. 149685795. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. "Liurana alpina Jiang, Wang, Wang, Li, and Che, 2019". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ " Liurana alpina: Jiang, Wang, Wang, Li, & Che, 2019". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ a b c Jiang, Ke; Wang, Kai; Wang, Yu-Fan; Li, Cheng; Che, Jing (May 18, 2019). "A new species of the endemic Himalayan genus Liurana (Anura, Ceratobatrachidae) from southeastern Tibet, China, with comments on the distribution, reproductive biology, and conservation of the genus". Zoological Research. 40 (3): 175–184. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2019.025. PMC 6591166. PMID 30936414.
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