Nanorana pleskei (common names: Songpan slow frog, Pleske's high altitude frog, plateau frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. Until recently it has been only known from southwestern/central western China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai, southeastern Gansu) from elevations between 3300m-4500mm (10,800feet-14,800feetm),[1] but there is now one record also from Bhutan.[2] Notice, however, that earlier records outside China have turned out to be misidentifications.[1]
Its natural habitats are subtropical high-altitude shrubland, grassland, rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Nanorana pleskei are relatively small frogs: males grow to a snout–vent length of about 32mm and females to 36mm. Tadpoles are up to about 41mm in length.[3]