Odorrana grahami
{{short description|Species of frog}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Preserved specimens - Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology - DSC02412.JPG
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Odorrana grahami
| authority = (Boulenger, 1917)
| synonyms =
- Huia grahami (Boulenger, 1917)
- Rana grahami Boulenger, 1917
}}
Graham's frog (Odorrana grahami) – also known as the diskless-fingered odorous frog – is a species of frog in the family Ranidae.{{Cite web | work = Taxonomy browser | publisher = U.S. Library of Medicine | title = Odorrana grahami |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?lvl=0&id=167935|access-date=2021-04-04 }} It is found in China{{Cite web| vauthors = Holley D |date=1988-04-18|title=Graham Finds Chinese Like His Frog Sermon|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-18-mn-897-story.html|access-date=2021-04-04|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}} (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and possibly Hunan) and Vietnam{{cite journal | vauthors = Rowley JJ, Tran DT, Frankham GJ, Dekker AH, Le DT, Nguyen TQ, Dau VQ, Hoang HD | display-authors = 6 | title = Undiagnosed cryptic diversity in small, microendemic frogs (Leptolalax) from the Central Highlands of Vietnam | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 10 | issue = 5 | pages = e0128382 | date = 2015-05-28 | pmid = 26020250 | pmc = 4447284 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0128382 | bibcode = 2015PLoSO..1028382R | doi-access = free }} (in Hoàng Liên National Park in the north). Presumably it is also found in Myanmar in areas adjacent to its Chinese distribution area.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=references&id=25733 |title=Odorrana grahami (Boulenger, 1917) | vauthors = Frost DR |date=2011 |work=Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=10 January 2013}}
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, and freshwater marshes. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
Description
Odorrana grahami is a relatively large frog, with males reaching {{convert|76|mm|abbr=on}} and females {{convert|92|mm|abbr=on}} in length.{{cite book |title=Atlas of Amphibians of China | vauthors = Fei L |year=1999 |publisher=Henan Press of Science and Technology |location=Zhengzhou | language = zh |isbn=7-5349-1835-9 |page=194}}
The skin secretions of Odorrana grahami have been subject to biochemical studies, yielding for example antimicrobial peptides.{{cite journal | vauthors = Che Q, Zhou Y, Yang H, Li J, Xu X, Lai R | title = A novel antimicrobial peptide from amphibian skin secretions of Odorrana grahami | journal = Peptides | volume = 29 | issue = 4 | pages = 529–35 | date = April 2008 | pmid = 18282640 | doi = 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.01.004 | s2cid = 207356594 }}
== References ==
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Category:Amphibians described in 1917
Category:Amphibians of Vietnam
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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