Hylarana malayana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Hylarana |
| Species: | H. malayana
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| Hylarana malayana (Sheridan and Stuart, 2018)
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Hylarana malayana, the Malaya stream frog, Malay woodfrog, or Malayan dark-side frog, is a frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to Myanmar and India.[1][2]
Scientists consider this frog a sister taxon to Sylvirana nigrovittata.[1]
The adult male frog measures 42.2–48.8 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 47.2–56.8 mm. This frog is medium-brown in color with small dark spots. Its lips are white. It has a wide, dark stripe down each side of its body, from nose to groin. Its belly is white.[3]
This frog has vomerine teeth in its jaw and disks on its toes for climbing. The adult male frog has more robust front legs than the adult female frog.[3]
The scientists who wrote the first paper about this frog named it malayana because it is the only species among its close relatives that lives in Peninsular Malaysia.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Sylvirana malayana (Sheridan and Stuart, 2018)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
- ^ "Sylvirana malayana". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ a b c Jennifer A. Sheridan; Brian L. Stuart (March 14, 2018). "Hidden species diversity in Sylvirana nigrovittata (Amphibia: Ranidae) highlights the importance of taxonomic revisions in biodiversity conservation". PLOS ONE (Full text). 13 (3): e0192766. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1392766S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0192766. PMC 5851555. PMID 29538432.
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