"Hylarana" chitwanensis

"Hylarana" chitwanensis is a species of frog in the family Ranidae endemic to Nepal. Its type locality is in the Chitwan National Park.[2] Earlier reports from India are erroneous although it is likely to occur there.[1]

"Hylarana" chitwanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: "Hylarana"
Species:
"H." chitwanensis
Binomial name
"Hylarana" chitwanensis
(Das, 1998)
Synonyms
  • Rana chitwanensis Das, 1998
  • Sylvirana chitwanensis (Das, 1998)

"Hylarana" chitwanensis is a lowland species, occurring at altitudes less than 500 m (1,600 ft) asl in the Himalayan foothills. Its natural habitats are terai grasslands, bushes and tropical Shorea forests. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging and dam construction.[1] The Hylarana is distributed across tropical Australia, Southeast Asia, and Africa.[3]

References
  1. "Dutta, S., Shrestha, T.K & Ohler, A.". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. 2004. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Hylarana chitwanensis (Das, 1998)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  3. Oliver, Lauren A.; Prendini, Elizabeth; Kraus, Fred; Raxworthy, Christopher J. (1 September 2015). "Systematics and biogeography of the Hylarana frog (Anura: Ranidae) radiation across tropical Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 90: 176–192. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.001. PMID 25987527.


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