Kuhl's creek frog
| Kuhl's creek frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Subfamily: | Dicroglossinae |
| Genus: | Limnonectes |
| Species: | L. kuhlii |
| Binomial name | |
| Limnonectes kuhlii (Tschudi, 1838)[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rana kuhlii Tschudi, 1838 | |
The Kuhl's creek frog or large-headed frog (Limnonectes kuhlii) is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family. L. kuhlii was once believed to have a broad distribution in Northeast India (Assam) and Southeast Asia, but a phylogenetic analysis in 2010 demonstrated that there were at least 16 morphologically similar, but genetically distinct evolutionary lineages subsumed under the name.[3] Already, several populations that were previously identified as L. kuhlii have been formally described as new species: L. fujianensis and L. bannaensis of China, L. jarujini and L. taylori of Thailand, and L. siskdagu from Indonesia.[2] The original specimen of L. kuhlii was found in Java, and that is the only area where the "true" species occurs with certainty.[2]
References
- ↑ Peter Paul van Dijk; Djoko Iskandar; Robert Inger; Michael Wai Neng Lau; Yang Datong; Annemarie Ohler; Lu Shunqing; Saibal Sengupta; Sabitry Bordoloi (2004). "Limnonectes kuhlii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Limnonectes kuhlii (Tschudi, 1838)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ↑ McLeod, D.S. (2010). "Of Least Concern? Systematics of a cryptic species complex: Limnonectes kuhlii (Amphibia; Anura: Dicroglossidae).". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56: 991–1000. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.004.
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