Fejervarya multistriata

Fejervarya multistriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Subfamily: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Fejervarya
Species: F. multistriata
Binomial name
Fejervarya multistriata
(Hallowell, 1861)
Synonyms

Rana gracilis Wiegmann, 1834 (non Gravenhorst, 1829: preoccupied)
Rana gracilis Bourret, 1927 (non Gravenhorst, 1829: preoccupied)
Rana multistriata Hallowell, 1861

Fejervarya multistriata (common name: Hong Kong paddy frog or simply paddy frog) is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family.[2][3] It is found in southern China (from Yuannan to Guangdong and Hainan) and in Taiwan, but its range likely extends to Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar.[3]

The taxonomy of Fejervarya multistriata and related frogs in China is complicated and not fully settled. What was formerly referred to as Fejervarya limnocharis is now considered to consist of the more southern Fejervarya multistriata and the more northern Fejervarya kawamurari. Accounts on Fejervarya limnocharis represent either Fejervarya multistriata or Fejervarya kawamurari, whereas accounts on Fejervarya multistriata could represent Fejervarya kawamurari[3] described as late as in 2011.[4]

Sources

  1. Ohler, A. (2004). "Fejervarya multistriata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  2. "Fejervarya multistriata (Hallowell, 1861)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Fejervarya multistriata (Hallowell, 1861)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  4. Djong, H. T.; Matsui, M.; Kuramoto, M.; Nishioka, M.; Sumida, M. (2011). "A new species of the Fejervarya limnocharis complex from Japan (Anura, Dicroglossidae)". Zoological Science. 28 (12): 922–929. doi:10.2108/zsj.28.922.


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