Euphlyctis ehrenbergii
Euphlyctis ehrenbergii (Arabian five-fingered frog or Arabian skittering frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to the southwestern Arabian Peninsula in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. It has been treated as a subspecies of Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis, but is now considered as a valid species.[2] The specific name ehrenbergii honours Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795–1876), a German natural scientist.[3]
| Euphlyctis ehrenbergii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Euphlyctis |
| Species: | E. ehrenbergii |
| Binomial name | |
| Euphlyctis ehrenbergii (Peters, 1863) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Rana ehrenbergii Peters, 1863 | |
E. ehrenbergii is restricted to areas of permanent and temporary water in the Red Sea coast of Yemen and Saudi Arabia. A very aquatic species, it can also be present in irrigated areas.[1]
References
- Theodore Papenfuss; Steven Anderson; Sergius Kuzmin; Andrew Gardner (2004). "Euphlyctis ehrenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58261A11758492. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58261A11758492.en.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Euphlyctis ehrenbergii (Peters, 1863)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
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