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Kurixalus naso

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Kurixalus naso
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Kurixalus
Species:
K. naso
Binomial name
Kurixalus naso
(Annandale, 1912)
Synonyms[3]

Rhacophorus naso Annandale, 1912[2]
Polypedates naso (Annandale, 1912)

Kurixalus naso (common names: uphill tree frog, long-snouted treefrog, Annandale's high altitude frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in northeastern India, Tibet, and Myanmar.[3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Kurixalus naso is a small frog, growing to about 43 mm (1.7 in) in snout-vent length.[4] It is an arboreal species that breeds in small, temporary water pools.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Sushil Dutta; Saibal Sengupta; Sabitry Bordoloi (2004). "Kurixalus naso". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. IUCN: e.T58959A11862496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58959A11862496.en. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ^ Annandale, Nelson (1912). "Zoological results of the Abor Expedition, 1911–1912. I. Batrachia". Records of the Indian Museum. 8: 7–36. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.1186.
  3. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Kurixalus naso (Annandale, 1912)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. ^ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 272. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.