Rana sauteri
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Rana |
| Species: | R. sauteri
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| Rana sauteri Boulenger, 1909
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Rana sauteri is a species of
endemic to Taiwan. It inhabits low-altitude hill forests and the associated streams. It is an endangered species threatened by habitat loss due to agriculture and infrastructure development.[1] Common names recorded for Rana sauteri include Kanshirei Village frog, Taiwan groove-toed frog, Sauter's brown frog, and Taiwan pseudotorrent frog.[2]
Taxonomy
Rana sauteri was first described in 1909 by
Rana weiningensis, and in 2000 they even placed it in a genus of its own, Pseudoamolops, because they thought it was more closely related to Amolops frogs than to other species of Pseudorana.[5] However, molecular data place Rana sauteri well within the genus Rana, particularly the Rana temporaria group, and in 2006 Frost and colleagues therefore placed Pseudoamolops sauteri back in Rana.[6]
In 1921, Smith described Rana sauteri var. johnsi as a variety of Rana sauteri from Vietnam. This form, which also occurs in
Rana multidenticulata, in 1997.[8]
Description
Rana sauteri are medium-sized frogs: males grow to a snout–vent length of 35 mm (1.4 in) and females to 47 mm (1.9 in).[9] They have a slender body with brown, red brown or dark brown upper surface.[10]
Conservation
There is currently a Sauter's frog conservation project in the Dashanbei area of Hengshan Township (橫山鄉), Hsinchu County.[11]
References
- ^ a b IUCN 2020.
- ^ Frost 2011, Rana sauteri Boulenger, 1909.
- ^ Boulenger 1909, p. 493.
- ^ Boulenger 1920, pp. 123, 129.
- ^ Frost et al. 2006, p. 100.
- ^ Frost et al. 2006, p. 254.
- ^ Frost 2011, Rana johnsi Smith, 1921.
- ^ Frost 2011, Rana multidenticulata Chou and Lin, 1997.
- ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
- ^ Lue, Kuang-Yang. "Rana sauteri". BiotaTaiwanica. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ "Eco-echo Ecological Conservation Hope Project - UMC".
Literature cited
- Boulenger, G.A. (1909). "Descriptions of four new frogs and a new snake discovered by Mr. H. Sauter in Formosa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4: 492–495. .
- Boulenger, G.A. (1920). "A monograph of the South Asian, Papuan, Melanesian and Australian frogs from the genus Rana". Records of the Indian Museum. 20: 1–226.
- Frost, D.R. (2011). "Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.5". New York: American Museum of Natural History.
- Frost, D. R.; Grant, T.; Faivovich, J. N.; Bain, R. H.; Haas, A.; Haddad, C. L. F. B.; De Sá, R. O.; Channing, A.; Wilkinson, M.; Donnellan, S. C.; Raxworthy, C. J.; Campbell, J. A.; Blotto, B. L.; Moler, P.; Drewes, R. C.; Nussbaum, R. A.; Lynch, J. D.; Green, D. M.; Wheeler, W. C. (2006). "The Amphibian Tree of Life". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 297: 1–291. S2CID 86140137.
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Rana sauteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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