Luzon narrow-mouthed frog
The Luzon narrow-mouthed frog (Kaloula rigida) is a species of frogs in the family Microhylidae.
| Luzon narrow-mouthed frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Genus: | Kaloula |
| Species: | K. rigida |
| Binomial name | |
| Kaloula rigida Taylor, 1922 | |
An individual in the Philippines
It is endemic to the Central Cordilleras and Sierra Madres of northern Luzon, Philippines.
The Baguio variety is divergent from the rest of the population found in the forested mountains of northern Luzon.[2]
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, arable land, rural gardens, urban areas, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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References
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2018. Kaloula rigida. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T57856A58478297. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T57856A58478297.en. Downloaded on 22 December 2018.
- Blackburn, D. C., Siler, C. D., Diesmos, A. C., McGuire, J. A., Cannatella, D. C. and Brown, R. M. (2013), An adaptive radiation of frogs in a southeast Asian island archipelago. Evolution, 67: 2631–2646.
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