''Fejervarya triora'' is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...

s belonging to the family

Dicroglossidae The frog family Dicroglossidae occurs in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa, with most genera and species being found in Asia. The common name of the family is fork-tongued frogs. The Dicroglossidae were previously considered to ...

. Its type locality is in Phu Chong-Na Yoi National Park, Ubon Ratchathani Province in the far east of

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. It is also known from Mukdahan National Park in Mukdahan Province, and also

Pha Taem National Park Pha Taem National Park (Thai:อุทยานแห่งชาติผาแต้ม) is a national park on the Mekong River in Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeast Thailand. Phou Xieng Thong National Protected Area in Laos is on the oppos ...

, Ubon Ratchathani Province. So far, it is only known from eastern Thailand, although it is not unlikely that it occurs in adjacent Laos too. It has been found in a range of forested habitats.

Description

''Fejervarya triora'' is a robustly built frog, females having a body length of up to in snout–vent length (SVL). The only known male measures SVL. The warty upper parts are olive brown with green blotches, the underparts are greyish white. There is an orange spot on the lower half of the tympanum and yellow and black patterning on the legs. The

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is bronze-coloured. When compared to other ''Fejervarya'' species found in the region, ''F. triora'' can be distinguished from '' F. raja'' by its much smaller size and from both '' F. cancrivora'' and '' F. limnocharis'' by its broader head and the lack of distinct ridges along the back. The

tadpole A tadpole or polliwog (also spelled pollywog) is the Larva, larval stage in the biological life cycle of an amphibian. Most tadpoles are fully Aquatic animal, aquatic, though some species of amphibians have tadpoles that are terrestrial animal, ...

is mostly dark brown with a yellow line on the lower part of the tail and the front two thirds of the ventral fin pale.

References

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triora Triora () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about northwest of Imperia, on the border with France. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 416 and ...

Frogs of Asia Amphibians of Thailand Endemic fauna of Thailand Amphibians described in 2006 Taxa named by Robert F. Inger