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Central Asiatic frog
Species of amphibian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Asian frog" redirects here. For other frogs found in Asia, see Frogs of Asia.
"Asiatic frog" redirects here. For the frog found in China and Mongolia, see Asiatic grass frog.
"Central Asian frog" redirects here. For the frog found in China and Tajikistan, see Central Asian pond frog.
The Central Asiatic frog (Rana asiatica), or Asian frog, is a species of true frog, found in China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, inland deltas, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, water storage areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, and irrigated land. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
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Central Asiatic frog (Rana asiatica) from Kyrgyzstan. Source: Photo 198887129, (c) Kseniia Marianna Prondzynska, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/198887129 | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Ranidae |
Genus: | Rana |
Species: | R. asiatica |
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Rana asiatica Bedriaga, 1898 | |
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