Samkos bush frog

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{IUCNlink|136075}}

| taxon = Feihyla samkosensis

| authority = (Grismer et al., 2007)

| synonyms = * Chiromantis samkosensis Grismer et al., 2007

  • Chirixalus samkosensis (Chen et al., 2020)

}}

The Samkos bush frog (Feihyla samkosensis) is a moss frog found in Cambodia in the Cardamom Mountains. It was first described in 2007.{{Cite web |title=Feihyla samkosensis (Grismer, Neang, Chav, and Holden, 2007) {{!}} Amphibian Species of the World |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Feihyla/Feihyla-samkosensis |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org}}{{cite journal|doi=10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[392:ANSOCP]2.0.CO;2|year=2007|volume=63|issue=3|pages=392–400|title=A new species of Chiromantis Peters 1854 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Phnom Samkos in the Northwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia|author=Lee Grismer, L.|journal=Herpetologica|last2=Thy|first2=Neang|last3=Chav|first3=Thou|last4=Holden|first4=Jeremy}}{{cite news| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article5361493.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216165153/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article5361493.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 16, 2009 | work=The Times | location=London | title=Greenblooded frog makes first appearance for scientists | first=Lewis | last=Smith | date=2008-12-18 | accessdate=2010-04-28}}

Description

The Samkos bush frog is relatively small, around {{convert|25|mm|in|abbr=on}} in snout-to-vent length.http://www.geo-bio.fr/cuora_amb/_JP108.pdf{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It has a smooth body and translucent skin; its blood is externally visible. It has green-colored blood and turquoise-hued bones, a result of a pigment in waste products, biliverdin.{{cite web | last = Thompson| first = Christian| title = First Contact in the Greater Mekong| publisher = World Wildlife Fund| date = 2008-12-15| url = http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFBinaryitem10994.pdf| format = pdf| accessdate =2008-12-20 }}

Distribution

The species is found in the jungle terrain of the Cardamom Mountains in southwestern Cambodia. It was found in Pursat Province in the Phnom Samkos area at {{convert|500|m|ft}} above sea level.

Conservation status

F. samkosensis is listed as "vulnerable" by the IUCN. Human expansion threatens the species, notably via a new, wide, graded road through the middle of the type locality.

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