Nanorana ventripunctata (common names: Yunnan slow frog, spot-bellied plateau frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae.[2][3] It is endemic to northwestern Yunnan, China. It inhabits lakes, pools and ponds in alpine areas, occurring near streams and rivers in open, high-elevation habitats. It breeds in still-water pools and ponds.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Nanorana |
| Species: | N. ventripunctata
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| Binomial name | |
| Nanorana ventripunctata Fei & Huang, 1985
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Nanorana ventripunctata are medium-sized frogs: males grow to a snout–vent length of about 44 mm (1.7 in) and females to 49 mm (1.9 in). Tadpoles are up to about 48 mm (1.9 in) in length.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Nanorana ventripunctata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58394A63881268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T58394A63881268.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Nanorana ventripunctata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Nanorana ventripunctata Fei and Huang, 1985". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. pp. 228–230. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
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