Limnonectes paramacrodon
Limnonectes paramacrodon (commonly known as the masked swamp frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in Malay Peninsula (Malaysia, Singapore, and southernmost Thailand), Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia), and Natuna Besar.[3][4] Its natural habitats are lowland swamp forest areas with small rivers and streams. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Limnonectes |
| Species: | L. paramacrodon |
| Binomial name | |
| Limnonectes paramacrodon (Inger, 1966) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rana paramacrodon Inger, 1966[2] | |
Sources
- van Dijk, P.P.; Iskandar, D.; Inger, R.; Yaakob, N.; Tzi Ming, L. & Chuaynkern, Y. (2004). "Limnonectes paramacrodon". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T58363A11771741. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58363A11771741.en.
- Inger, R.F. (1966). "The systematics and zoogeography of the amphibia of Borneo". Fieldiana Zoology. 52: 1–402. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.3147.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Limnonectes paramacrodon (Inger, 1966)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- Lim, Kelvin K.P. (1989). "First record of the swamp-forest frog, Rana paramacrodon paramacrodon Inger, 1966 (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from Singapore with notes on its taxonomy, ecology and biology" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 37 (1&2): 51–57.
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