Central Asiatic frog
The central Asiatic frog (Rana asiatica), or Asian frog, is a species of true frog, found in China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, inland deltas, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, water storage areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, and irrigated land. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
| Central Asiatic frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Rana |
| Species: | R. asiatica |
| Binomial name | |
| Rana asiatica Bedriaga, 1898 | |
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References
- Kuzmin, S.; Tuniyev, B.; Xie, F.; Wang, X. (2004). "Rana asiatica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T58549A11801290. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58549A11801290.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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