Karin Hills frog

Karin Hills frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Megophryidae
Genus: Brachytarsophrys
Tian & Hu, 1983
Type species
Leptobrachium carinensis
Boulenger, 1899
Species

See text.

Karin Hills frog (Brachytarsophrys) is a genus of the Megophryidae family in the order Anura, and are found in southern China, Myanmar, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.[1]

Natural history of Brachytarsophrys is poorly known. Males of at least some species (Brachytarsophrys feae, Brachytarsophrys carinense) are territorial and may be aggressive. The advertisement call of Brachytarsophrys feae has been likened to barking.[2]

Species

There are four species in the genus:[1]

IUCN also lists a fifth species, Brachytarsophrys platyparietus, but this is considered to be a synonym of Brachytarsophrys carinense.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Brachytarsophrys Tian and Hu, 1983". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Wogan, Guinevere O. U.; Kyi Soe Lwin; Htun Win; Thin Thin; Awan Khwi Shein; Hla Tun (2004). "The advertisement call of Brachytarsophrys feae (Boulenger 1887) (Anura: Megophryidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 55: 249–252.
  3. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Brachytarsophrys carinense (Boulenger, 1889)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
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