Samkos bush frog
| Samkos bush frog | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Feihyla |
| Species: | F. samkosensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Feihyla samkosensis (Grismer et al., 2007)[2]
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The Samkos bush frog (Feihyla samkosensis) is a moss frog found in Cambodia in the Cardamom Mountains. It was first described in 2007.[3][2][4]
Description
[edit | edit source]The Samkos bush frog is relatively small, around 25 mm (0.98 in) in snout-to-vent length.[5] It has a smooth body and translucent skin; its blood is externally visible. It has green-colored blood and turquoise-hued bones, a result of a pigment in waste products, biliverdin.[6]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]The species is found in the jungle terrain of the Cardamom Mountains in southwestern Cambodia.[5] It was found in Pursat Province in the Phnom Samkos area at 500 metres (1,600 ft) above sea level.
Conservation status
[edit | edit source]F. samkosensis is listed as "vulnerable" by the IUCN.[1] Human expansion threatens the species, notably via a new, wide, graded road through the middle of the type locality.[1]
See also
[edit | edit source]Notes
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External links
[edit | edit source]File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Samkos bush frog at Wikispecies
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