Samkos bush frog
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Feihyla |
| Species: | F. samkosensis
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| Feihyla samkosensis (Grismer et al., 2007)[2]
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The Samkos bush frog (Feihyla samkosensis) is a moss frog found in Cambodia in the Cardamom Mountains. It was first described in 2007.[3][2][4]
Description
[edit]The Samkos bush frog is relatively small, around 25 mm (0.98 in) in snout-to-vent length.[5] It has a smooth body and translucent skin; its blood is externally visible. It has green-colored blood and turquoise-hued bones, a result of a pigment in waste products, biliverdin.[6]
Distribution
[edit]The species is found in the jungle terrain of the Cardamom Mountains in southwestern Cambodia.[5] It was found in Pursat Province in the Phnom Samkos area at 500 metres (1,600 ft) above sea level.
Conservation status
[edit]F. samkosensis is listed as "vulnerable" by the IUCN.[1] Human expansion threatens the species, notably via a new, wide, graded road through the middle of the type locality.[1]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/136075/0
- ^ a b Lee Grismer, L.; Thy, Neang; Chav, Thou; Holden, Jeremy (2007). "A new species of Chiromantis Peters 1854 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Phnom Samkos in the Northwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia". Herpetologica. 63 (3): 392–400. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[392:ANSOCP]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ "Feihyla samkosensis (Grismer, Neang, Chav, and Holden, 2007) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ Smith, Lewis (2008-12-18). "Greenblooded frog makes first appearance for scientists". The Times. London. Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
- ^ a b http://www.geo-bio.fr/cuora_amb/_JP108.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ Thompson, Christian (2008-12-15). "First Contact in the Greater Mekong" (pdf). World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
External links
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Data related to Samkos bush frog at Wikispecies
- Images at Wildlife Extra
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