Hylarana malayana

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]

Hylarana malayana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Hylarana
Species:
H. malayana
Binomial name
Hylarana malayana
(Sheridan and Stuart, 2018)
Synonyms[1]
  • Sylvirana malayana Sheridan and Stuart, 2018

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

  1. "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.
  2. "Sylvirana malayana". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  3. 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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