Luzon narrow-mouthed frog
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Luzon narrow-mouthed frog | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Microhylidae |
Genus: | Kaloula |
Species: | K. rigida
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Binomial name | |
Kaloula rigida Taylor, 1922
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The Luzon narrow-mouthed frog (Kaloula rigida) is a species of frogs in the family Microhylidae.
It is endemic to the Central Cordilleras and Sierra Madres of northern Luzon, Philippines.
The Baguio variety is divergent from the rest of the population found in the forested mountains of northern Luzon.[2]
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, arable land, rural gardens, urban areas, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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References
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Kaloula rigida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T57856A176530459. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T57856A176530459.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Blackburn, D. C., Siler, C. D., Diesmos, A. C., McGuire, J. A., Cannatella, D. C. and Brown, R. M. (2013), An adaptive radiation of frogs in a southeast Asian island archipelago. Evolution, 67: 2631–2646.
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