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Sumatran puddle frog

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Sumatran puddle frog
Occidozyga sumatrana
from Ciampea, Bogor, Indonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Occidozyga
Species:
O. sumatrana
Binomial name
Occidozyga sumatrana
(Peters, 1877)

The Sumatran puddle frog (Occidozyga sumatrana) is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family. It might be endemic to Indonesia. However, it has often been confused with Occidozyga laevis, and was also for long considered to be its junior synonym.

Its known distribution is restricted to Sumatra and Java, as well as Sipora and Simeulue islands.[1] The true distribution of this species is therefore poorly known but likely to be wider (perhaps from India through Malaysia to southern China).[2] Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Djoko Iskandar; Mumpuni (2004). "Occidozyga sumatrana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. IUCN: e.T58415A11776657. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58415A11776657.en. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Occidozyga sumatrana (Peters, 1877)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 August 2014.