Liurana vallecula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ceratobatrachidae
Subfamilia: Liuraninae
Genus: Liurana
Species: Liurana vallecula

Name

Liurana vallecula Jiang, Wang, Wang, Li & Che, 2019: 178

• Holotype: KIZ 014083, adult ♀, collected by Cheng Li on 17 April 2016.
• Type locality: “from the side of Yarlung Zangbo River near Xirang (N29.1776°, E95.0057°, elevation 550 m a.s.l.), Beibeng, Medog County, southeastern Tibet, China”.

References

Primary references

• Jiang, K., Wang, K., Wang, Y.-F., Li, C. & Che, J. 2019. A new species of the endemic Himalayan genus Liurana (Anura, Ceratobatrachidae) from southeastern Tibet, China, with comments on the distribution, reproductive biology, and conservation of the genus. Zoological Research 40(3): 175-184. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2019.025 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Valley Papilla-tongued Frog