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Central Asiatic frog
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

  • Kuzmin, S.; Tuniyev, B.; Xie, F.; Wang, X. (2004). "Rana asiatica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. IUCN: e.T58549A11801290. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58549A11801290.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.