Taipei frog

The Taipei frog also referred to as Taipeh frog, Taipei grass frog, two-striped grass frog, striped slender frog, Taipei slender frog, Taipeh slender frog, white-banded frog, Taiwanese frog or stripe-backed frog (Hylarana taipehensis) is a frog from China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.[3][1]

Taipei frog
Hylarana taipehensis.jpg
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Hylarana
Species:
H. 
Binomial name
Hylarana
(Van Denburgh, 1909)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hylarana taipehensis (Van Denburgh, 1909)
  • Hylarana taipehensis (Bourret, 1937)
  • Rana (Hylarana) taipehensis (Dubois, 1987)
  • Hylarana (Tenuirana) taipehensis (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990)
  • Rana (Hylarana) taipehensis (Ohler and Mallick, 2003)
  • Hylarana (Tenuirana) taipehensis (Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005)
  • Rana (Hylarana) taipehensis (Ohler and Mallick, 2003)
  • Hylarana taipehensis (Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai, 2005)

The adult frog is 4.0 cm long. It is bright yellow, green, brown, or mixed in color with some dark brown on the sides of its head. During the day, this frog stays where the trees are close to each other. It can live near humans, on farms and in cities.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jesse Lou (August 9, 2000). "Guangdong Frog: Hylarana taipehensis: Taipei frog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  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; Sabitry Bordoloi; Ghazi S.M. Asmat (2004). "Hylarana taipehensis". 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T58730A11832766. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58730A11832766.en. Retrieved December 16, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Hylarana taipehensis (Van Denburgh, 1909)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved December 16, 2020.