Liurana vallecula
The valley papilla-tongued frog (Liurana vallecula) is a frog. It lives in Tibet. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place. Scientists have seen it 550 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]
| Liurana vallecula | |
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| Conservation status | |
DD (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
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| Scientific classification e | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| 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
The adult frog is 14.6 to 20.4 mm long from nose to rear end. The skin of the frog's back is red-brown in color. This frog has a white belly with dark spots and other marks. This frog has dark stripes across its legs. It has no webbed skin on any of its feet.[4]
Threats
This frog lives in Medog County, where human beings have changed the land. Scientists say this frog is in danger because the places it lives change too much.[4]
Name
Scientists named this frog vallecula in Latin for "lives in a valley." They named it He Gu She Tu Wa in Chinese and valley papilla-tongued frog in English.[4]
References
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