The Yunnan pond frog (''Nidirana pleuraden'') is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

in the family Ranidae found in south-western China (Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou provinces) and possibly in adjacent parts of Myanmar. The total length of this medium-sized frog is . Its natural

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s are

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, aquaculture ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, canals, and ditches. It is a common species, though it has recently declined.

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Nidirana Amphibians of Myanmar Amphibians of China Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1904 {{Ranidae-stub