Nanorana yunnanensis

Nanorana yunnanensis, commonly known as Yunnan paa frog, Yunnan spiny frog, Bourret's paa frog or Bourret's frog, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in southwestern China, Vietnam, Myanmar, northern Thailand, and likely in the intervening Laos.[2] Its natural habitats are small and large streams in montane forests, scrub vegetation and grasslands, but it has also been found in ditches. It is threatened primarily by collection for human consumption, but also by habitat loss caused by agricultural development and infrastructure development.[1]

Nanorana yunnanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Nanorana
Species:
N. yunnanensis
Binomial name
Nanorana yunnanensis
(Anderson, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Rana yunnanensis Anderson, 1879
  • Paa yunnanensis (Anderson, 1879)
  • Rana phrynoides Boulenger, 1917
  • Rana muta Su and Li, 1986
  • Rana liui Dubois, 1987
  • Nanorana liui (Dubois, 1987)
  • Nanorana bourreti (Dubois, 1987)
  • Paa bourreti (Dubois, 1987)

Nanorana yunnanensis are relatively large frogs: males grow to a snout–vent length of about 98 mm (3.9 in) and females to 99 mm (3.9 in). Tadpoles are up to 52 mm (2.0 in) in length.[3]

References
  1. van Dijk, P.P. & Swan, S. (2004). "Nanorana bourreti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 27 December 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Nanorana yunnanensis (Anderson, 1879)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  3. Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. pp. 220–221. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.


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