''Chalcorana mocquardi'' is a
species of "
true frogs" in the family Ranidae. It is
endemic to
Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
,
Indonesia, including some offshore islands.
[ It is probably similar in its ecological requirements to '']Chalcorana chalconota
''Chalcorana chalconota'' is a species of "true frog", family Ranidae. It is endemic to Indonesia and occurs in southern Sumatra, Java, Bali, and a few smaller islands. Populations previously assigned to this species now belong to a number of oth ...
'' and is associated with small lowland forest streams. It occurs in both primary and degraded forests, provided that a reasonably closed canopy remains. Adults disperse more widely in the forest, whereas the tadpoles live in side pools and slow-flowing, deeper sections of the streams. No significant threats to this species are known.[
]
References
mocquardi
Amphibians of Sulawesi
Endemic fauna of Indonesia
Amphibians described in 1901
Taxa named by Franz Werner
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