Samkos bush frog

Samkos bush frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Feihyla
Species:
F. samkosensis
Binomial name
Feihyla samkosensis
(Grismer, Neang, Chav & Holden, 2007)
Synonyms
  • Chiromantis samkosensis Grismer et al., 2007
  • Chirixalus samkosensis (Chen et al., 2020)

The Samkos bush frog (Feihyla samkosensis) is a moss frog found in Cambodia in the Cardamom Mountains. It was first described in 2007.

Description

The Samkos bush frog is relatively small, around 25 mm (0.98 in) in snout-to-vent length. It has a smooth body and translucent skin; its blood is externally visible. It has green-colored blood and turquoise-hued bones, a result of a pigment in waste products, biliverdin.

Distribution

The species is found in the jungle terrain of the Cardamom Mountains in southwestern Cambodia. It was found in Pursat Province in the Phnom Samkos area at 500 metres (1,600 ft) above sea level.

Conservation status

F. samkosensis is listed as "vulnerable" by the IUCN. Human expansion threatens the species, notably via a new, wide, graded road through the middle of the type locality.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2016). "Chiromantis samkosensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T136075A47152734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136075A47152734.en. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 Grismer, L. Lee; Thy, Neang; Chav, Thou; Holden, Jeremy (2007). "A new species of Chiromantis Peters 1854 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Phnom Samkos in the Northwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia". Herpetologica. 63 (3): 392–400. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[392:ANSOCP]2.0.CO;2.
  3. ↑ "Feihyla samkosensis (Grismer, Neang, Chav, and Holden, 2007) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  4. ↑ Smith, Lewis (2008-12-18). "Greenblooded frog makes first appearance for scientists". The Times. London. Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  5. 1 2 http://www.geo-bio.fr/cuora_amb/_JP108.pdf[permanent dead link]
  6. ↑ Thompson, Christian (2008-12-15). "First Contact in the Greater Mekong" (pdf). World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2008-12-20.

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