Hylarana melanomenta (Taylor, 1920)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ranidae > Genus: Hylarana > Species: Hylarana melanomenta

English Names

Papahag Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 108).

Distribution

Papahag I., Sulu Archipelago, Philippines.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Philippines

Endemic: Philippines

Comment

In the Section Hylarana, subsection Hydrophylax, subgenus Pulchrana of Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 326. Closely related to Rana similis, according to the original publication. See brief account by Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 324.

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