Limnonectes limborgi

Limnonectes limborgi is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae. It is found in Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam; it might well occur in Northeast India and Yunnan, China.[2] It is a small frog, males being 30–38 mm (1.2–1.5 in) and females 28–36 mm (1.1–1.4 in) snout-vent length.[3]

Limnonectes limborgi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Limnonectes
Species:
L. limborgi
Binomial name
Limnonectes limborgi
(Sclater, 1892)
Synonyms

Rana limborgi Sclater, 1892
Taylorana limborgi (Sclater, 1892)

Taxonomy

Taxonomic work by Robert F. Inger and Bryan L. Stuart in 2010[3] on Limnonectes hascheanus and L. limborgi has led to better understanding of these similar species — L. limborgi has been considered a junior synonym of L. hascheanus.[2] While the species are morphologically similar, mainly differing in body size (L. hascheanus being smaller), they are genetically distinct.[3] This taxonomic work has also led to redefinition of ranges of both species, and the range of L. limborgi (as presently defined) is much broader[2] than what was reported in the latest (2004) IUCN assessment for this species when it was considered "Data Deficient".[1] However, L. limborgi may in fact consist of several species.[3]

Life cycle

Limnonectes limborgi has nidicolous development: eggs are oviposited terrestrially in a nest; the larvae hatch in the nest and are free-living but non-feeding. Male frogs attend the nest; their skin secretions might inhibit fungal or bacterial infections.[4] This contrast to the earlier belief that Limnonectes limborgi has direct development, i.e., no free-swimming tadpole stage, and hatching as tiny full-formed frogs. Notice that this phenomenon is originally reported for L. hascheanus, but the observations came outside the range of that species, and probably apply to L. limborgi (as currently defined).[3]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2017. Limnonectes limborgi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T58349A63899945. http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/58349/0 Downloaded on 27 September 2017.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Limnonectes limborgi (Sclater, 1892)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  3. Inger, Robert F.; Stuart, Bryan L. (2010). "Systematics of Limnonectes (Taylorana) Dubois". Current Herpetology. 29: 51–68. doi:10.3105/018.029.0201.
  4. Rowley, J. J. L.; Altig, R. (2012). "Nidicolous development in Limnonectes limborgi (Anura, Dicroglossidae)". Amphibia-Reptilia. 33: 145–149. doi:10.1163/156853812X626179.
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