Dryophytes immaculatus

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Dryophytes immaculatus, the Chinese immaculate treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to China. The natural habitat of the species has been generally transformed into rice fields and it is threatened by habitat loss.

Dryophytes immaculatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dryophytes
Species:
D. immaculatus
Binomial name
Dryophytes immaculatus
(Boettger, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Hyla immaculata Boettger, 1888

The species has very strongly declined in population size[2] of the last decades, similarly to the sister species Dryophytes suweonensis and Dryophytes flaviventris.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Xie, F. (2017). "Dryophytes immaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T55512A112714297. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T55512A112714297.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Borzée, A; Messenger, K; Chae, S; Andersen, D; Groffen, J; Kim, Y; An, J; Othman, S; Ri, K; Nam, T; Bae, Y; Ren, J; Li, J; Chuang, M; Yi, Y; Shin, Y; Kwon, S; Jang, Y; Min, N (2020). "Yellow sea mediated segregation between North East Asian Dryophytes species". PLOS ONE. 15 (6): e0234299. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1534299B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234299. PMC 7314424. PMID 32579561.

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