Abavorana is a genus of true frogs found in Southeast Asia, namely the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.[1][2] Species in this genus were formerly classified in the genus Hylarana, but were reclassified into the new genus Abavorana following a 2015 phylogenetic revision of Hylarana.[3]
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| A. luctuosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Abavorana Oliver, Prendini, Kraus, and Raxworthy, 2015 |
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Species edit
There are three species in this genus:[1]
- Abavorana decorata (Moquard, 1890)
- Abavorana luctuosa (Peters, 1871)
- Abavorana nazgul Quah, Anuar, Grismer, Wood, Azizah, and Muin, 2017
References edit
- ^ a b "Abavorana Oliver, Prendini, Kraus, and Raxworthy, 2015 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ^ "AmphibiaWeb Search". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ^ Oliver, Lauren A.; Prendini, Elizabeth; Kraus, Fred; Raxworthy, Christopher J. (September 2015). "Systematics and biogeography of the Hylarana frog (Anura: Ranidae) radiation across tropical Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 90: 176–192. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.001. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 25987527.