Daruma pond frog
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| Daruma pond frog | |
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| File:Rana porosa porosa.jpg | |
| Tokyo Daruma pond frog | |
| File:Rana porosa brevipoda.jpg | |
| Nagoya Daruma pond frog | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Pelophylax |
| Species: | P. porosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pelophylax porosus | |
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The Daruma pond frog (Pelophylax porosus) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It has two subspecies, P. porosus porosus (the Tokyo Daruma pond frog) and P. porosus brevipodus (the Nagoya Daruma pond frog). It is endemic to Japan. The average size of males is 3.5 to 6.2 cm, while females are from 3.7 to 7.3 cm. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, rivers, freshwater marshes, ponds, irrigated land, and canals and ditches. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.[1]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Pelophylax porosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T58699A179261024. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T58699A179261024.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Pelophylax porosus (Cope, 1868)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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