Chaperina fusca

Chaperina fusca
Chaperina fusca
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Genus: Chaperina
Species: C. fusca
Binomial name
Chaperina fusca
Mocquard, 1892
Synonyms
  • Chaperina beyeri Taylor, 1920
  • Microhyla leucostigma Boulenger, 1899

Chaperina fusca is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Chaperina.[citation needed] It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and possibly Brunei. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  • Diesmos, A., Alcala, A., Brown, R., Afuang, L., Gee, G., Sukumaran, J., Yaakob, N., Tzi Ming, L., Chuaynkern, Y., Thirakhupt, K., Das, I., Iskandar, D., Mumpuni, Inger, R., Stuebing, R., Yambun, P. & Lakim, M. 2004. Chaperina fusca. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.

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