Quasipaa yei

Quasipaa yei, or Ye's spiny-vented frog, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to China where it is known from the Dabie Mountains that straddle the border between Hubei, Henan, and Anhui provinces. Its type locality is in Shengcheng County in Jiyuan City, Henan.[2] Its natural habitats are temperate rivers with surrounding forests. It is potentially threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Quasipaa yei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Quasipaa
Species:
Q. yei
Binomial name
Quasipaa yei
(Chen, Qu & Jiang, 2002)[2]
Synonyms

Paa yei Chen, Qu & Jiang, 2002

The taxonomic position of this species has been in flux. Originally described as Paa (Feirana) yei in 2002, it has already been placed in genera Feirana (if raised from subgenus to genus), Yerana, and Nanorana, at least, before arriving at genus Quasipaa.[2][3]

In medicine

The species is used in development of a drug called Rhodopsin.[4]

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References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2020). "Quasipaa yei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58444A3068702. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Quasipaa yei (Chen, Qu, and Jiang, 2002)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  3. Yang, X.; Wang, B.; Hu, J.; Jiang, J. (2011). "A new species of the genus Feirana (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the Western Qinling Mountains of China". Asian Herpetological Research. 2 (2): 72–86. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1245.2011.00072.
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