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Liurana alpina (Alpine Eastern Frog)

Synonyms: Ingerana alpina; Limnonectes alpinus; Liurana alpinus

Wikipedia Abstract

Limnonectes alpinus is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family. It is endemic to China and only known from its type locality, Dayandong in Mêdog County, Tibet. This little known species lives under moss in forest at about 3,100 m (10,200 ft) asl.
View Wikipedia Record: Liurana alpina

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Liurana alpina

Attributes

Snout to Vent Length [1]  0.795 inches (2.02 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