Kaloula verrucosa
(Redirected from Verrucous Digging Frog)
| Verrucous digging frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Genus: | Kaloula |
| Species: | K. verrucosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Kaloula verrucosa (Boulenger, 1904)
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| Synonyms | |
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Callula verrucosa Boulenger, 1904 | |
Kaloula verrucosa, the verrucous digging frog or Chinese narrowmouth toad, is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is only known from the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau of southwestern China in Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou provinces, but it is expected to occur in adjacent Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam.[2] It is a very common species that lives in cultivated fields and in villages. Breeding takes place in temporary pools, ponds, and ditches.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Kaloula verrucosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T57859A63882627. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T57859A63882627.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Kaloula verrucosa Boulenger, 1904". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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