Paa polunini

Description

Habitat

Ecology: It is associated with stream habitats in montane forest . It breeds in streams and the eggs are laid in water under stones . (Ref. 60930)

List of Habitats:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Amphibia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Amphibians
        Subclass: Lissamphibia () - Haeckel, 1866
        Order: Anura () - (Rafinesque, 1815) Hogg, 1839:152
        Suborder: Neobatrachia () - Reig, 1958
        Superfamily: Ranoidea () - Rafinesque, 1814
        Family: Ranidae () - Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814
        Genus: Paa () - Dubois, 1975
        Specific name: polunini - (Smith, 1951)
        Scientific name: - Paa polunini (Smith, 1951)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Paa

There are approximately 32 species in this genus:

P. annandalii · P. arnoldi · P. barmoachensis · P. blanfordii · P. boulengeri · P. bourreti · P. chayuensis · P. conaensis · P. ercepeae · P. exilispinosa · P. fasciculispina (Spiny-Breasted Giant Frog) · P. feae · P. hazarensis · P. jiulongensis · P. liebigii · P. liui · P. maculosa · P. medogensis · P. minica · P. mokokchungensis · P. polunini · P. rarica · P. robertingeri · P. rostandi · P. shini · P. spinosa · P. sternosignata · P. taihangnicus · P. verrucospinosa · P. vicina · P. yei · P. yunnanensis

Bibliography

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Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
Dubois, A. 1975. Un nouveau sous-genre (Paa) et trois nouvelles especes du genere Rana. Remarques sur la phylogenie des Ranides (Amphibiens, Anoures). Bull. Mus. Nat. D'Histor. Natur., 3e ser. 231: 1093-1115.
Fei, L., Ye, C.-Y., Huang, Y.-A. and Liu, M.-Y. 1999. Atlas of Amphibians of China. Henan Science and Technical Press, Zhengzhou.
MacKinnon, J., Meng, S., Cheung, C., Carey, G., Zhu, X. and Melville, D. 1996. A Biodiversity Review of China. World Wide Fund for Nature International, Hong Kong.
Schleich, H.H. 1993. Contributions to the systematics and to a bibliography of the amphibians and reptiles from Nepal. J. Nepal Res. Centre (JNRC) 9: 141-168.
Shrestha, T.K. 2000. Herpetology of Nepal. Mrs. B. Shrestha. 280 pp.

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Contributors

Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
Liang, F., Lau, M.W.N., Ohler, A. & Shrestha, T.K. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 30150
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-665134
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1447603
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 665134
IUCN ID: 58434
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 139326