Description
Naris a little nearer to the eye; tympanum indistinct; first finger as long as second; toes half webbed; outer metatarsal tubercle reduced, inner narrow, feebly developed; body dorsum tuberculate.

Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: India, Pakistan

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Stoliczka (1872b) reported this frog from fountain water in Murree, alpine Punjab, Pakistan. A single specimen was collected by Mertens (1969a) from the area bordering Azad Kashmir and assigned to Paa pleskei, which was later identified as Paa vicina by Dubois (1976).

Comments
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References

Dubois, A. (1976). Les grenouilles de sous-genre Paadu Népal (famille Ranidae, genera Rana). Cah. Nép. Doc., CNRS 6, Paris.

Mertens, R. (1969). ''Die Amphibien und Reptilien West-Pakistans.'' Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, 197, 1-96.

Stoliczka, F. (1872). ''Notes on some new species of Reptilia and Amphibia, collected by Dr. W. Waagen in north-western Panjab.'' Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1872, 124-131.

Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2022 Nanorana vicina: Murree Hill’s Frog <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/4879> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Nov 22, 2024.

Citation: AmphibiaWeb. 2024. <https://amphibiaweb.org> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed 22 Nov 2024.

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