Sylvirana faber

Sylvirana faber is a frog. It lives in the hills in Cambodia and Thailand.[2][3]

Sylvirana faber
Sylvirana faber, Bronzed frog - Khao Khitchakut National Park.jpg
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Sylvirana
Species:
S. faber
Binomial name
Sylvirana faber
(Sheridan and Stuart, 2002)
Synonyms[2]
  • Rana (Sylvirana) annamitica (Ohler, Swan, and Daltry, 2002)
  • Hylarana faber (Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai, 2005)
  • Sylvirana faber (Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006)
  • Hylarana faber (Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007)
  • Hylarana (Sylvirana) faber (Fei, Ye, Jiang, and Xie, 2008)

The adult frog is 59.4 mm long from nose to rear end. The head is long and narrow. There are eight vomerine teeth in its jaw.[3]

This frog is light brown in color on the back and dark brown on the sides and eardrum. There are stripes of dark brown on its legs. The belly is white and the insides of the legs are pink. There are disks for climbing on its toes.[3]

Scientists say this frog is related to Rana nigrovittata and Rana mortenseni.[2]

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). Sylvirana faber. p. e.T58597A87281444. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T58597A87281444.en. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Sylvirana faber (Sheridan and Stuart, 2002)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Raul E. Diaz (June 4, 2006). "Sylvirana faber". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved January 29, 2021.