Odorrana monjerai
Odorrana monjerai is a medium-sized frog of the genus Odorrana.
| Odorrana monjerai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Odorrana |
| Species: | O. monjerai |
| Binomial name | |
| Odorrana monjerai (Matsui & Jaafar, 2006) | |
Description & habitat
O. monjerai has only been found in the Teroi River on Gunung Jerai, Kedah State, West Malaysia. It is distinguished from all other members of the subgenus by the combination of: white lip stripe, dorsolateral fold, full web on the fourth toe, vomerine teeth, gular vocal pouch and relatively large tympanum in males, no dorsal marking, no clear light spots on rear of thigh, first finger subequal to second, finely tuberculated dorsum, and unpigmented ova.
References
- Simon Stuart (2008). "Odorrana monjerai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T135818A4205823. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135818A4205823.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- Matsui and Jaafar, 2006, A New Cascade Frog of the Subgenus Odorrana from Peninsular Malaysia. Zool. Sci., Tokyo, 23: 647
- Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 43: 1-13
External links
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