''Chirixalus doriae'', commonly known as Doria's Asian treefrog, Doria's bush frog, Doria's bush frog, and Doria's tree frog, is a species of
frog in the family
Rhacophoridae. It is found in southeastern Asia, from extreme northeastern India (
Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent Bangladesh to Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and southern China (
Yunnan,
Guangdong, and
Hainan).
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
''doriae'' honours
Giacomo Doria, an Italian zoologist.
Habitat and conservation
Its natural
habitats are
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Description
TSMF is generally found in large, discont ...
, subtropical or tropical moist
montane forest,
subtropical or tropical moist shrubland,
swamp
A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ...
s, freshwater
marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes,
ponds, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land. It is threatened by
habitat loss.
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References
Chirixalus
Amphibians of Bangladesh
Amphibians of Myanmar
Amphibians of Cambodia
Frogs of China
Frogs of India
Amphibians of Laos
Amphibians of Thailand
Amphibians of Vietnam
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Amphibians described in 1893
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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