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Nanorana medogensis (Medog Spiny Frog)

Synonyms: Chaparana medogensis; Maculopaa medogensis; Paa medogensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Nanorana medogensis (common name: Medog spiny frog) is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family.It is endemic to Tibet, China, and only known from near its type locality in Mêdog County in south-eastern Tibet, near the Indian border.It lives in forested streams, and is sometimes also found at the edges of pools and ponds. Nanorana medogensis are relatively large frogs: males grow to a snout–vent length of about 71 mm (2.8 in) and females to 114 mm (4.5 in). Tadpoles are up to 68 mm (2.7 in) in length.
View Wikipedia Record: Nanorana medogensis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Nanorana medogensis

Attributes

Snout to Vent Length [1]  4.488 inches (11.4 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests China, India, Bhutan Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Yaluzangbudaxiagu Nature Reserve 2376660 Xizang, China      

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0