Occidozyga_lima

Green puddle frog

Green puddle frog

Species of amphibian

The green puddle frog, rough-skinned floating frog, pearly skin puddle frog, or pointed-tongued floating frog (Occidozyga lima) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Nepal.

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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, ponds, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. These frogs are also found in the pet trade.

O. lima may actually consist of separate species, with Chan (2013) arguing for 3 separate species: (1) Java, Indonesia; (2) southern China to northern Indochina; (3) southern Indochina to Myanmar.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Chan, H. [陳翰奇]. (2013). Phylogeography and cryptic diversity of Occidozyga lima (Gravenhorst 1829). (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b5060583
  • van Dijk, P.P.; Iskandar, D.; Lau, M.W.N.; Ermi, Z.; Baorong, G.; Haitao, S.; Dutta, S.; Sengupta, S. & Uddin Sarker, S. (2004). "Occidozyga lima". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58411A86626569. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58411A11775632.en.
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