Limnonectes doriae explained

Limnonectes doriae (common name: Burmese wart frog, Doria's frog, or red stream frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae found in the Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name doriae commemorates the Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria.[1]

Distribution and habitat

These frogs can be found in Myanmar and western and peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia, as well as in the Andaman Islands (India).[2] They are terrestrial frogs found in primary tropical forest. Breeding takes place in forest streams where the tadpoles develop. Its conservation status is insufficiently known.

Notes and References

  1. Boulenger . G. A. . 1887 . An account of the reptiles and batrachians obtained in Tenasserim by M. L. Fea of the Genoa Civic Museum . Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova . Serie 2 . 5 . 474–486 .
  2. Web site: Limnonectes doriae (Boulenger, 1887) . Frost, Darrel R. . 2014 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 6 April 2014.