Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Dicroglossidae > Limnonectes > Limnonectes palavanensis

Limnonectes palavanensis (Palawan Wart Frog)

Synonyms: Euphlyctis palavanensis; Rana microdisca palavanensis; Rana palavanensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Limnonectes palavanensis (common names: smooth guardian frog, Palawan wart frog) is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family. It is found in the Palawan Island (its type locality), the Philippines, and Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia). The species shows paternal care, a relatively rare trait in frogs.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 15.28
EDGE Score: 2.79
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Attributes

Litter Size [1]  43
Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.575 inches (4 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Betung Kerihun National Park II 1945086 Kalimantan, Indonesia  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand 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