Hylarana malayana
The Malaya stream frog, Malay woodfrog, or Malayan dark-side frog (Hylarana malayana) is a frog from Myanmar and India.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Sylvirana |
| Species: | S. malayana
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| Sylvirana malayana (Sheridan and Stuart, 2018)
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Scientists think this might be related to Sylvirana nigrovittata.[1]
The adult male frog is 42.2–48.8 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 47.2–56.8 mm long. This frog is medium-brown in color with small dark spots. Its mouth is white. It has a wide, dark stripe down each side of its body, from its nose to where its legs meet its body. Its belly is white.[3]
This frog has vomerine teeth in its jaw. It has disks on its toes for climbing. The adult male frog has stronger front legs than the adult female frog.[3]
The scientists who wrote the first paper about this frog named it malayana because it is the only frog in its group that lives in Peninsular Malaysia.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sylvirana malayana (Sheridan and Stuart, 2018)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
- ↑ "Sylvirana malayana". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jennifer A. Sheridan; Brian L. Stuart (March 14, 2018). "Hidden species diversity in Sylvirana nigrovittata (Amphibia: Ranidae) highlights the importance of taxonomic revisions in biodiversity conservation". PLOS ONE (Full text). 13 (3): e0192766. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0192766. PMC 5851555. PMID 29538432.