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Nanorana vicina (Stoliczka, 1872)
Murree Hill’s Frog
family: Dicroglossidae
subfamily: Dicroglossinae
genus: Nanorana

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Conservation Status (definitions)
IUCN Red List Status Account Least Concern (LC)
CITES No CITES Listing
National Status None
Regional Status None
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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.



Originally submitted by: M. S. Khan (first posted 2002-03-19)
Edited by: Vance T. Vredenburg, Michelle S. Koo (2022-05-21)

Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2022 Nanorana vicina: Murree Hill’s Frog <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/4879> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Mar 28, 2024.



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