Liurana vallecula

The valley papilla-tongued frog (Liurana vallecula) is a frog.  It lives in Tibet. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place. Scientists have seen it 550 meters above sea level.

Appearance

The adult frog is 14.6 to 20.4 mm long from nose to rear end.  The skin of the frog's back is red-brown in color.  This frog has a white belly with dark spots and other marks.  This frog has dark stripes across its legs.  It has no webbed skin on any of its feet.

Threats

This frog lives in Medog County, where human beings have changed the land.  Scientists say this frog is in danger because the places it lives change too much.

Name

Scientists named this frog vallecula in Latin for "lives in a valley."  They named it He Gu She Tu Wa in Chinese and valley papilla-tongued frog in English.

References

Category:Frogs of Asia