The Yunnan pond frog (Nidirana pleuraden) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae found in south-western China (Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou provinces) and possibly in adjacent parts of Myanmar.[1] The total length of this medium-sized frog is 54–56 mm (2.1–2.2 in).[2]
| Yunnan pond frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Nidirana |
| Species: | N. pleuraden
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| Binomial name | |
| Nidirana pleuraden (Boulenger, 1904)
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Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, ponds, aquaculture ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, canals, and ditches. It is a common species, though it has recently declined.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Nidirana pleuraden". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58698A63867379. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T58698A63867379.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 166. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
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