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Limnonectes doriae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Limnonectes

Higher classification
  
Limnonectes

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Dicroglossidae

Scientific name
  
Limnonectes doriae

Rank
  
Species

Limnonectes doriae

Similar
  
Limnonectes hascheanus, Limnonectes, Frog, Amphibians, Koh Chang frog

Limnonectes doriae (common name: Burmese wart frog, Doria's frog, or red stream frog) is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family found in the Southeast Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name doriae commemorates the Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria.

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). 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.

References

Limnonectes doriae Wikipedia