Kurixalus lenquanensis

Kurixalus lenquanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Kurixalus
Species:
K. lenquanensis
Binomial name
Kurixalus lenquanensis
(Günther, 1858)

Kurixalus appendiculatus is a frog. It lives in the China in Yunnan Province. Scientists first saw it in Lenquan Village, 1622 meters above sea level.

People have seen this frog on woody plants on the sides of mountains. Scientists believe this frog lives between 1000 and 2000 meters above sea level.

Scientists say this frog is at some risk of extinction. It lives in a protected park: Daweishan Nature Reserve. However, if human beings stopped protecting this parks well enough, the frog could die.

First paper

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "冷泉原指树蛙: Kurixalus lenquanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T145400229A149854365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T145400229A149854365.en. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Kurixalus lenquanensis Yu, Wang, Hou, Rao, and Yang, 2017". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Kurixalus lenquanensis Yu, Wang, Hou, Rao, and Yang, 2017". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 28, 2024.