''Limnonectes ingeri'' (
common name
In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrast ...
s: Inger's wart frog, greater swamp frog) is a
species of
frog in the
family Dicroglossidae. The species is native to the island of
Borneo and associated islets.
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 ...
, ''ingeri'', is in honor of American herpetologist
Robert F. Inger
Robert Frederick Inger (September 10, 1920 – April 12, 2019) was an American herpetologist. During his lifetime, he wrote numerous books and publications about herpetology. He was also the curator for amphibians and reptiles at the Field Mus ...
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[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians''. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. xiii + 244 pp. (Hbk). (''Limnonectes ingeri'', p. 102).]
Geographic range
On the island of Borneo, ''L. ingeri'' is found in
Brunei,
Indonesia, and
Malaysia.
Habitat
The natural
habitats of ''L. ingeri'' are tropical moist lowland
forests,
rivers, and
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.
Diet
Adults of ''L. ingeri''
prey upon relatively large animals such as other frogs and small
reptile
Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates (lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalians ( ...
s.
Conservation status
''L. ingeri'' is seriously affected by
habitat loss, and locally also by collection for food.
References
Further reading
*
Kiew BH (1978). "The nomenclature and identity of the Javanese frog ''Rana macrodon''
Dumeril and
Bibron
Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist and herpetologist. He was born in Paris. The son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hir ...
". ''Malayan Nature Journal'' 31 (4): 219–229. (''Rana ingeri'', new species, p. 223).
ingeri
Fauna of Brunei
Amphibians of Indonesia
Amphibians of Malaysia
Endemic fauna of Borneo
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Amphibians described in 1978
Amphibians of Borneo
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