Limnonectes doriae

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.[1][3]

"Doria's frog" redirects here. For the frog in the family Rhacophoridae, see Doria's bush frog.
"Red stream frog" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Red-eyed stream frog.

Limnonectes doriae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Limnonectes
Species:
L. doriae
Binomial name
Limnonectes doriae
(Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms

Rana doriae Boulenger, 1887[2]

Etymology

The specific name doriae commemorates the Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria.[2][4]

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).[3] 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.[1]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2017. Limnonectes doriae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T58332A87420097. http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/58332/0 Downloaded on 27 September 2017.
  2. 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.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Limnonectes doriae (Boulenger, 1887)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.


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