''Humerana miopus'', also known as the Khao Wang frog or three-striped frog, is a frog that was identified in 1918. This species is known from southern

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

and

Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...

, and it is locally common. Its dorsal colour is greyish-brown to

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above; the

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lighter. Diagonal lines on the back blackish;

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white; limbs with more or less distinct dark cross-bars; back of thighs marbled black and grey.

References

*Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient.

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Amph. Rept. World: 108 *Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 368

External links

Amphibian and Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia - ''Humerana miopus''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3022241 miopus Amphibians of Malaysia Amphibians of Thailand Amphibians described in 1918