Two-striped grass frog

Two-striped grass frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Subfamily: Raninae
Genus: Hylarana
Species: H. taipehensis
Binomial name
Hylarana taipehensis
(van Denburgh, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Rana albolineata Dubois, 1987 "1985"
  • Rana bilineata Pillai and Chanda, 1981
  • Rana taipehensis van Denburgh, 1909

The two-striped grass frog (Hylarana taipehensis) is a species of true frog in the genus Hylarana found in northeastern India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, southern China, Hong Kong, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1][2] It has recently been reported also from Bhutan.[3]

This small frog may grow up to 4 cm (1.6 in) in snout-vent length (males are slightly smaller).[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Peter Paul van Dijk; Bryan Stuart; Michael Wai Neng Lau; Bosco Chan; Yuan Zhigang; Lue Kuangyang; Chou Wenhao; Sushil Dutta; Saibal Sengupta; Annemarie Ohler; et al. (2004). "Hylarana taipehensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Hylarana taipehensis (Van Denburgh, 1909)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Wangyal, J. T. (2013). "New records of reptiles and amphibians from Bhutan". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 5 (13): 4774–4783. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3539.4774-83.
  4. ↑ Lue, Kuang-Yang. "Hylarana taipehensis". BiotaTaiwanica. Retrieved 15 December 2012.


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