Chiromantis samkosensis

Chiromantis samkosensis
Samkos bush frog
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Neobatrachia
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Chiromantis
Species: C. samkosensis
Binomial name
Chiromantis samkosensis
Grismer, et al.; 2007
Common name: Samkos bush frog[2]

Chiromantis samkosensis is a moss frog, found in Cambodia in the Cardamom Mountains. It was first described in 2007.[3]

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Physical description

Samkos bush frogs are relatively small with a 25 millimetres (0.98 in) snout-to-vent length.[4] They have a smooth body and translucent skin; therefore blood is externally visible. It has green-colored blood and turquoise-hued bones, a result of a pigment in waste products, biliverdin.[5]

Distribution

The species is found in the jungle terrain of the Cardamom Mountains in southwestern Cambodia.[4] It was found in Pursat Province in the Phnom Samkos area at 500 metres (1,600 ft) above sea level.

Conservation status

C. samkosensis is listed as "data deficient" by the IUCN.[1] Human expansion threatens the species, notably via a new, wide, graded road through the middle of the type locality.[1] If the species occurs more widely, it might be influenced by other habitat loss reasons.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136075/0/full
  2. ^ Smith, Lewis (2008-12-18). "Greenblooded frog makes first appearance for scientists". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article5361493.ece. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  3. ^ Lee Grismer, L.; Thy, Neang; Chav, Thou; Holden, Jeremy (2007). "A New Species of Chiromantis Peters 1854 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Phnom Samkos in the Northwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia". Herpetologica 63 (3): 392. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[392:ANSOCP]2.0.CO;2. 
  4. ^ a b http://www.geo-bio.fr/cuora_amb/_JP108.pdf
  5. ^ Thompson, Christian (2008-12-15). "First Contact in the Greater Mekong" (pdf). World Wildlife Fund. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFBinaryitem10994.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-20. 

External links

Data related to Chiromantis samkosensis at Wikispecies


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