Chrysopaa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Chrysopaa Ohler and Dubois, 2006 |
| Species: | C. sternosignata
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysopaa sternosignata (Murray, 1885)
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Chrysopaa sternosignata is the only species in the monotypic genus Chrysopaa of the Dicroglossidae family.[2][3] It is found in Balochistan, Pakistan, Kashmir (Pakistan and India) and in Afghanistan. Its common names include Baluch Mountain frog, karez frog, Malir paa frog, and Murray's frog.[2]
Chrysopaa sternosignata is a highly aquatic frog living in rivers, swamps, and freshwater marshes. It is a relatively common species.[1]
References
- ^ a b Khan, M.S., Papenfuss, T., Anderson, S., Kuzmin, S., Dutta, S., Ohler, A. & Sengupta, S. (2004). Chrysopaa sternosignata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 8 January 2014.
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Chrysopaa Ohler and Dubois, 2006". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ "Chrysopaa Ohler and Dubois, 2006". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.