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| status_system = IUCN3.1
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| taxon = Rana asiatica
| taxon = Rana asiatica
| image_alt = Photograph of the frog on a person's hand, covering less than the width of two fingers. It has green and black patterned strips on its back and a brown-green body
| image_caption = Central Asiatic frog (''Rana asiatica'') from Kyrgyzstan. Source: Photo 198887129, (c) Kseniia Marianna Prondzynska, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/198887129
| image = Central_Asian_Frog_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_198887129_on_9_January_2023.jpg
| authority = [[Jacques von Bedriaga|Bedriaga]], 1898
| authority = [[Jacques von Bedriaga|Bedriaga]], 1898
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The '''central Asiatic frog''' (''Rana asiatica''), or '''Asian frog''', is a species of [[true frog]], found in China, [[Kazakhstan]], and [[Kyrgyzstan]].
The '''Central Asiatic frog''' ('''''Rana asiatica'''''), or '''Asian frog''', is a species of [[true frog]], found in China, [[Kazakhstan]], and [[Kyrgyzstan]].
Its natural [[habitat]]s are temperate [[forest]]s, temperate [[shrubland]], temperate [[grassland]], [[river]]s, intermittent rivers, [[swamp]]s, freshwater [[lake]]s, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater [[marsh]]es, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater [[Spring (hydrosphere)|spring]]s, inland deltas, [[arable land]], pastureland, rural gardens, [[urban area]]s, water storage areas, [[pond]]s, aquaculture ponds, and irrigated land.
Its natural [[habitat]]s are temperate [[forest]]s, temperate [[shrubland]], temperate [[grassland]], [[river]]s, intermittent rivers, [[swamp]]s, freshwater [[lake]]s, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater [[marsh]]es, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater [[Spring (hydrosphere)|spring]]s, inland deltas, [[arable land]], pastureland, rural gardens, [[urban area]]s, water storage areas, [[pond]]s, aquaculture ponds, and irrigated land.
It is not considered threatened by the [[IUCN]].
It is not considered threatened by the [[IUCN]].

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Central Asiatic frog
Photograph of the frog on a person's hand, covering less than the width of two fingers. It has green and black patterned strips on its back and a brown-green body
Central Asiatic frog (Rana asiatica) from Kyrgyzstan. Source: Photo 198887129, (c) Kseniia Marianna Prondzynska, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/198887129
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Rana
Species:
R. asiatica
Binomial name
Rana asiatica
Bedriaga, 1898
Synonyms
  • Rana bachtyana Kastschenko, 1909
  • Rana temporaria ssp. asiatica Bedriaga, 1898

The Central Asiatic frog (Rana asiatica), or Asian frog, is a species of true frog, found in China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, inland deltas, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, water storage areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, and irrigated land. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

References

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  1. ^ Sergius Kuzmin, Boris Tuniyev, Xie Feng, Wang Xiuling (2004). "Rana asiatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58549A11801290. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58549A11801290.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)