Kuhl's creek frog | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dicroglossidae |
Genus: | Limnonectes |
Species: | L. kuhlii
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Binomial name | |
Limnonectes kuhlii | |
Synonyms | |
Rana kuhlii Tschudi, 1838 |
Kuhl's creek frog or large-headed frog (Limnonectes kuhlii) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae.
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. nguyenorum and L. quangninhensis of Vietnam, L. jarujini, L. taylori, L. isanensis, and L. megastomias of Thailand, and L. sisikdagu 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]
Below is a phylogeny of species within the L. kuhlii species complex (McLeod, et al. 2015). [4]
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Kuhl's creek frog | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dicroglossidae |
Genus: | Limnonectes |
Species: | L. kuhlii
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Binomial name | |
Limnonectes kuhlii | |
Synonyms | |
Rana kuhlii Tschudi, 1838 |
Kuhl's creek frog or large-headed frog (Limnonectes kuhlii) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae.
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. nguyenorum and L. quangninhensis of Vietnam, L. jarujini, L. taylori, L. isanensis, and L. megastomias of Thailand, and L. sisikdagu 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]
Below is a phylogeny of species within the L. kuhlii species complex (McLeod, et al. 2015). [4]
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cite journal}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)