Chirixalus Doriae
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''Chirixalus doriae'', commonly known as Doria's Asian treefrog, Doria's bush frog, Doria's bush frog, and Doria's tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in southeastern Asia, from extreme northeastern India ( Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent Bangladesh to Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and southern China ( Yunnan, Guangdong, and Hainan).


Etymology

The
specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
''doriae'' honours Giacomo Doria, an Italian zoologist.


Habitat and conservation

Its natural habitats are
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, discont ...
, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland,
swamp A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ...
s, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, ponds, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land. It is threatened by habitat loss.


References

Chirixalus Amphibians of Bangladesh Amphibians of Myanmar Amphibians of Cambodia Frogs of China Frogs of India Amphibians of Laos Amphibians of Thailand Amphibians of Vietnam Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Amphibians described in 1893 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rhacophoridae-stub