Central Asiatic frog
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| Species: | R. asiatica
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| Rana asiatica Bedriaga, 1898
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Rana asiatica ssp. balchaschensis Terentjev, 1923 Rana asiatica ssp. issikkulensis Kaschkarov, 1923 Rana bachtyana Kastschenko, 1909 Rana temporaria ssp. asiatica Bedriaga, 1898
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The Central Asiatic Frog (Rana asiatica) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is 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 marches, freshwater springs, inland deltas, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, water storage areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- Kuzmin, S., Tuniyev, B., Feng, X. & Xiuling, W. 2004. Rana asiatica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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