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Jimi River frog

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Jimi River frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Papurana
Species:
P. jimiensis
Binomial name
Papuarana jimiensis
(Tyler, 1963)
Synonyms[3]
  • Rana jimiensis (Tyler, 1967)
  • Rana (Hylarana) jimiensis (Dubois, 1987)
  • Rana (Tylerana) jimiensis (Dubois, 1992)
  • Sylvirana jimiensis (Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006)
  • Hylarana jimiensis (Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007)
  • Tylerana jimiensis (Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010)
  • Papurana jimiensis (Oliver, Prendini, Kraus, and Raxworthy, 2015)

The Jimi River frog (Papurana jimiensis) is a frog from New Guinea. It can be found north of the highlands in the middle of the island. It lives in both Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Scientists have seen it near the Jimi River, Sepik River, and Ramu River.[1][3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Papurana jimiensis". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Papurana jimiensis". 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T58626A152555854. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58626A152555854.en. S2CID 243514902. Retrieved January 16, 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Papurana jimiensis (Tyler, 1967)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved January 16, 2021.