Euphlyctis ehrenbergii

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Euphlyctis ehrenbergii (Arabian five-fingered frog or Arabian skittering frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to the southwestern Arabian Peninsula in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. It has been treated as a subspecies of Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis, but is now considered as a valid species.[2] The specific name ehrenbergii honours Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795–1876), a German natural scientist.[3]

Euphlyctis ehrenbergii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Euphlyctis
Species:
E. ehrenbergii
Binomial name
Euphlyctis ehrenbergii
(Peters, 1863)
Synonyms[2]

Rana ehrenbergii Peters, 1863
Rana cyanophlyctis ssp. ehrenbergi Parker, 1941

E. ehrenbergii is restricted to areas of permanent and temporary water in the Red Sea coast of Yemen and Saudi Arabia. A very aquatic species, it can also be present in irrigated areas.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Theodore Papenfuss, Steven Anderson, Sergius Kuzmin, Andrew Gardner (2004). "Euphlyctis ehrenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58261A11758492. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58261A11758492.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Euphlyctis ehrenbergii (Peters, 1863)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.