Irawaddy frog

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Irawaddy frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Hylarana
Species:
H. margariana
Binomial name
Hylarana margariana
(Anderson, 1879)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hylarana margariana (Anderson, 1879)
  • Lymnodytes margariana (Mason, 1882)
  • Rana margariana (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Rana (Hylarana) margariana (Dubois, 1987)
  • Rana (Sylvirana) margariana (Dubois, 1992)
  • Hylarana margariana (Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai, 2005)
  • Sylvirana margariana (Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006)
  • "Hylarana" margariana (Oliver, Prendini, Kraus, and Raxworthy, 2015)

The Irawaddy frog or unknown copper-backed frog ("Hylarana" margariana) is a frog from Myanmar.[2][3]

Scientists are not sure which genus this frog should be in.[3] That is why they write "Hylarana" in quotation marks instead of just Hylarana margariana.

References[change | change source]

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Irawaddy Frog: Hylarana margariana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T58661A165587713. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T58661A165587713.en. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 ""Hylarana" margariana (Anderson, 1879)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Hylarana margariana". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved December 26, 2020.