Taipei frog facts for kids

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Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Synonyms
Hylarana taipehensis (Van Denburgh, 1909) Hylarana taipehensis (Bourret, 1937) Rana (Hylarana) taipehensis (Dubois, 1987) Hylarana (Tenuirana) taipehensis (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1990) Rana (Hylarana) taipehensis (Ohler and Mallick, 2003) Hylarana (Tenuirana) taipehensis (Fei, Ye, Huang, Jiang, and Xie, 2005) Rana (Hylarana) taipehensis (Ohler and Mallick, 2003) Hylarana taipehensis (Chen, Murphy, Lathrop, Ngo, Orlov, Ho, and Somorjai, 2005)

The Taipei frog also referred to as Taipeh frog, Taipei grass frog, two-striped grass frog, striped slender frog, Taipei slender frog, Taipeh slender frog, white-banded frog, Taiwanese frog or stripe-backed frog (Hylarana taipehensis) is a frog from China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

The adult frog is 4.0 cm long. It is bright yellow, green, brown, or mixed in color with some dark brown on the sides of its head. During the day, this frog stays where the trees are close to each other. It can live near humans, on farms and in cities.

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