Limnonectes shompenorum (common name: Shompen frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in Great Nicobar Island (India), its type locality, and in western Sumatra (Indonesia). It is similar to Limnonectes macrodon.[2] The name refers to Shompen people, the indigenous people of the interior of Great Nicobar Island.[3]
| Limnonectes shompenorum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Limnonectes |
| Species: | L. shompenorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Limnonectes shompenorum Das, 1996
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Description edit
Limnonectes shompenorum is a relatively large, robust frog. Adult females measure 72–88 mm (2.8–3.5 in) in snout–vent length.[3][4] A male measured 84 mm (3.3 in) in snout–vent length.[4]
Limnonectes shompenorum can be distinguished from its closest relatives by the following suite of characters:[3]
"(1) head narrower than body, and longer than broad; (2) interorbital distance greater than the upper eyelid width; (3) fingers with movable dermal fringe; (4) tips of fingers weakly swollen; (5) finger 4 longer than finger 2; (6) toes completely webbed; (7) dark horizontal loreal stripe; and (8) partially pigmented eggs."
Diet edit
Limnonectes shompenorum feed on relatively large prey; the stomachs in the type series contained beetles, a cockroach, and a small, unidentified frog.[3]
Habitat and conservation edit
Limnonectes shompenorum are found in leaf-litter along rivers in tropical forest and forest edges,[1] but also some distance away from rivers.[3] Limnonectes shompenorum is a common species not considered threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), although these frogs are to some extent suffering from habitat loss and pollution from agriculture. They are also harvested for food.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Limnonectes shompenorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T58366A114921999. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T58366A114921999.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Limnonectes shompenorum Das, 1996". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Das, I. (1996). "Limnonectes shompenorum, a new species of ranid frog of the Rana macrodon complex from Great Nicobar, India" (PDF). Journal of South Asian Natural History. 2: 127–134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
- ^ a b Inger, R. F.; Iskandar, D. T. (2005). "A collection of amphibians from West Sumatra, with description of a new species of Megophrys (Amphibia: Anura)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 53: 133–142. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2014-04-13.