Biology:Limnonectes bannaensis

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Limnonectes bannaensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Limnonectes
Species:
L. bannaensis
Binomial name
Limnonectes bannaensis

Limnonectes bannaensis (vernacular name: Banna large-headed frog) is a species of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in southern China (southern and western Yunnan, southwestern and southeastern Guangxi, and western and central Guangdong), Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.[1][2][3]

Description

Adult males in the type series measure 68–88 mm (2.7–3.5 in) and adult females 56–67 mm (2.2–2.6 in) in snout–vent length.[4] In a larger series, maximum male and female sizes are respectively 91 and 87 mm (3.6 and 3.4 in).[5] Skin on the dorsum is smooth (wrinkled in Limnonectes kuhlii), with just few fine folds and a few small rounded tubercles scattered posteriorly. The dorsal colouration is brownish or gray brown, with black stripes on areas around the folds.[4] The venter is mottled.[5]

Habitat

Limnonectes bannaensis occurs along streams in mountainous areas at elevations of 320–1,100 m (1,050–3,610 ft) above sea level. The tadpoles develop in the streams.[2]

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Limnonectes bannaensis Ye, Fei, and Jiang, 2007". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php//Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Limnonectes/Limnonectes-bannaensis. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Limnonectes bannaensis Ye, Fei, and Jiang, 2007" (in zh). AmphibiaChina. Kunming Institute of Zoology. 2014. http://www.amphibiachina.org/ampsp/430. 
  3. Suwannapoom, Chatmongkon; Jiang, Ke; Wu, Yun-He; Pawangkhanant, Parinya; Lorphengsy, Sengvilay; Nguyen, Tan Van; Poyarkov, Nikolay; Che, Jing (13 Jul 2021). "First records of the fanged frogs Limnonectes bannaensis Ye, Fei & Jiang, 2007 and L. utara Matsui, Belabut & Ahmad, 2014 (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) in Thailand". Biodiversity Data Journal. doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e67253. ISSN 1314-2828. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Ye, Chang-yuan; Fei, Liang; Xie, Feng; Jiang, Jian-ping (2007). "A new Ranidae species from China—Limnonectes bannaensis (Ranidae: Anura)". Zoological Research 28 (5): 545–550. http://www.zoores.ac.cn/EN/abstract/abstract2749.shtml. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 McLeod, David S.; Kurlbaum, Scuyler; Hoang, Ngoc Van (2015). "More of the same: a diminutive new species of the Limnonectes kuhlii complex from northern Vietnam (Anura: Dicroglossidae)". Zootaxa 3947 (2): 201–214. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.4. http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3947.2.4. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4669929 entry