Sylvirana guentheri
| Günther's Frog | |
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| Adult in Sai Kung East Country Park, Hong Kong | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Hylarana |
| Species: | H. guentheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Hylarana guentheri (Boulenger, 1882)
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| Synonyms | |
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Rana elegans Boulenger, 1882 | |
Günther's frog (Hylarana guentheri) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It was formerly placed in the genus Rana. It is found in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Vietnam, and possibly Cambodia and Laos. An introduced population is found on Guam. An alternate common name is Günther's Amoy frog, and the honorific is often spelled "Guenther's".
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, plantations, rural gardens, water storage areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
Günther's frog is a medium to large-sized frog that may grow up to 10 cm (3.9 in) in snout-vent length.[2]
Parasites of this frog include the opalinid Protoopalina pingi, in the rectum.[3]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ Lue, Kuang-Yang. "Hylarana guentheri". BiotaTaiwanica. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ Li, W., Wang, C., Huang, F., Li, M., Nilsen, F., Liu, H. & Xu, J. 2014: Redescription of Protoopalina pingi Nie, 1935 inhabiting the recta of Hylarana guentheri and Pelophylax nigromaculatus in China. Parasite, 21, 46. doi:10.1051/parasite/2014021
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