Sunday, May 9, 2010

Zhenhai Brown Frog

This individual of Rana zhenhaiensis was found in Northwestern Jiangxi during daytime in late March. It looks like a typical Rana species recognized before, having a brown overall coloration and a dark ear patch. This species was firstly discovered in Zhen Hai which is a district in Zhejiang Province. It indeed has a much broader distribution which covers most part of Southeast China. It is mainly found in agricultural fields during breeding season.

Distribution map of Rana zhenhaiensis. It is endemic to China.

2 comments:

maG said...

From the distribution map is it possible to find it in HK?

Chun-Chiu, Pang said...

I have just checked the IUCN Redlist and found that it is uncertain to be present in Hong Kong and Macau, though it's a very common species in Central and Southern China.

FYI:
http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/58753/0