Rana chaochiaoensis — Details

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Overview

Distribution

Range Description

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This species is known from southwestern China in Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, from 1,100 up to 3,000m asl. It presumably occurs in neighbouring countries, in particular Viet Nam and Myanmar, but there have not so far been any records.
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Physical Description

Type Information

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Paratype for Rana chaochiaoensis
Catalog Number: USNM 124540
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles
Preparation: Ethanol
Year Collected: 1942
Locality: Chao-Chiao, Sikang, China, Asia
  • Paratype: Liu, C. 1946. Journal of the West China Border Research Society, Series B. 16 (Series B): 7.
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Paratype for Rana chaochiaoensis
Catalog Number: USNM 124539
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles
Preparation: Ethanol
Year Collected: 1942
Locality: Chao-Chiao, Sikang, China, Asia
  • Paratype: Liu, C. 1946. Journal of the West China Border Research Society, Series B. 16 (Series B): 7.
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Ecology

Habitat

Habitat and Ecology

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Habitat and Ecology
It inhabits forests, shrubland, alpine meadows and lakeshores. It breeds in marshes, ponds, ditches and backwaters in rivers.

Systems
  • Terrestrial
  • Freshwater
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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Rana chaochiaoensis

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List Assessment

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Red List Category
LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version
3.1

Year Assessed
2004

Assessor/s
Yang Datong, Lu Shunqing

Reviewer/s
Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)

Justification
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
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Population

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Population
It is an uncommon species.

Population Trend
Unknown
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Threats

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Major Threats
Habitat destruction and degradation are major threats to this species, in particular agriculture and water pollution.
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Management

Conservation Actions

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Conservation Actions
A number of protected areas are present within the range of this species.
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Wikipedia

Chaochiao frog

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The Chaochiao Frog, Rana chaochiaoensis, is a species of frog in the Ranidae family, found in China, possibly Myanmar, and possibly Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, ponds, irrigated land, and canals and ditches. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

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