First Record of a Brown Frog Rana huanrenensis (Family Ranidae) from Korea

We found a brown frog species, which is unrecorded from South Korea. Rana huanrenensis Fei, Ye, and Huang (1990), This species was originally described from northeastern China. In having 2n=24 chromosomes, this species is closely related to Rana dybowskii, R. chensinensis, R. ornativentris, R. piric...

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Published inKorean journal of biological sciences Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 45 - 50
Main Authors Yang, Suh-Yung, Kim, Jong-Bum, Min, Mi-Sook, Suh, Jae-Hwa, Kang, Young-Jin, Matsui, Masafumi, Fei, Liang
Format Journal Article
LanguageKorean
Published 2000
Subjects
Rana
Brown frog
Stream-breeder
Ranidae
Korea
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Summary:We found a brown frog species, which is unrecorded from South Korea. Rana huanrenensis Fei, Ye, and Huang (1990), This species was originally described from northeastern China. In having 2n=24 chromosomes, this species is closely related to Rana dybowskii, R. chensinensis, R. ornativentris, R. pirica, and Chinese R. huanrenensis, but it is different from the first four species in the ecological, morphological, and genetic characteristics. By contrast, this species Is identical to Chinese R. huanrenensis In the habitat of montane stream-breeding, absence of the vocal sac, and genetic properties. This record is a significant range extention of R. huanrenensis.
Bibliography:KISTI1.1003/JNL.JAKO200011921102113
ISSN:1226-5071