Rana wuyiensis, the Wuyi brown frog, is a species of true frog that was discovered in the Wuyi Mountains, China.[1]
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| Rana wuyiensis (various views) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Rana |
| Species: | R. wuyiensis
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| Rana wuyiensis Wu et al.,
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Etymology
editThe name Rana wuyiensis stems from where it was collected (its type locality), which was on the Wuyi Mountain in the Fujian Province, China.[1] The suffix "-ensis" approximately means "originated in" which is the standard suffix when naming an organism after their place of origin.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Wu, Yanqing; Shi, Shengchao; Zhang, Huiguang; Chen, Weicai; Cai, Bin; Hoang, Van Chung; Wu, Jun; Wang, Bin (2021-10-26). "A new species of the genus Rana sensu lato Linnaeus, 1758 (Anura, Ranidae) from Wuyi Mountain, Fujian Province, China". ZooKeys (1065): 101–124. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1065..101W. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1065.67005. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 34759715.
- ^ "-ensis". Dictionary.com.
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