Doichang frog explained

The Doichang frog (Nanorana aenea) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is only known from its type locality, Doi Chang, mountain north of Chiang Mai (Thailand), Fansipan mountain in northern Vietnam (type locality for the now-synonymized Rana fansipani), and Huanglianshan National Nature Reserve in Yunnan, China.^{[1] [2]}

Description

Adult males of Doichang frog are 65mm77mm in snout-vent length and have spines in several parts of their bodies, a male secondary sex characteristic.^[2]

Habitat and conservation

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and rivers. It is potentially threatened by habitat loss, more so in Vietnam^[3] than in Thailand. In Vietnam it is probably eaten locally.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nanorana aenea (Smith, 1922) . Frost, Darrel R. . 2014 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 10 June 2014.
2. Dubois . A. . Ohler . A. . 10.1080/00222930400023735 . Taxonomic notes on the Asian frogs of the tribe Paini (Ranidae, Dicroglossinae): 1. Morphology and synonymy of Chaparana aenea (Smith, 1922), with proposal of a new statistical method for testing homogeneity of small samples . Journal of Natural History . 39 . 20 . 1759–1778. 2005 . 83716886 .
3. Nanorana fansipani. van Dijk, P.P.. Swan, S.. amp. 2004. 15 September 2012.