Fejervarya raja

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Fejervarya raja
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Fejervarya
Species: F. raja
Binomial name
Fejervarya raja
(Smith, 1930)
Synonyms

Rana cancrivora ssp. raja Smith, 1930

Fejervarya raja is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in Malaysia and Thailand.[1] Its natural habitats are coastal saline lagoons, urban areas, and canals and ditches.[2] Adults can survive in salt water with salinity as high as 28%[3], and tadpoles can survive salinities as high as 39%.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sukumaran, J., van Dijk, P.P. & Chuaynkern, Y. 2004. Fejervarya raja. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
  2. ^ Ibd.
  3. ^ Gordon, Malcolm S.; Schmidt-Nielsen, Knut & Kelly, Hamilton M. (September 1961), “Osmotic Regulation in the Crab-Eating Frog (Rana Cancrivora)”, Journal of Experimental Biology 38 (3): 659-678, <http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/abstract/38/3/659> 
  4. ^ Ibd.
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