Liurana vallecula | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Ceratobatrachidae |
Genus: | Liurana |
Species: | L. vallecula
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Binomial name | |
Liurana vallecula Jiang, Wang, Wang, Li, and Che, 2019
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The valley papilla-tongued frog (Liurana vallecula) is a frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae endemic to Tibet. Scientists know it exclusively from the type locality in Medog County. Scientists have seen it 550 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]
The adult frog measures 14.6 to 20.4 mm in snout-vent length. The skin of the dorsum is red-brown in color. This frog has a white belly with dark spots or mottling. There are dark bars across the legs and no webbed skin on any of the feet.[4]
This frog lives in Medog County, which has been subject to cosniderable human-induced habitat loss.[4]
Scientists named this frog vallecula in Latin for "valley-dwelling." They also named it He Gu She Tu Wa (河谷舌突蛙) in Chinese and valley papilla-tongued frog in English.[4]