Northern frog | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dicroglossidae |
Genus: | Ingerana |
Species: | I. borealis |
Binomial name | |
Ingerana borealis (Annandale, 1912) |
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Synonyms | |
Micrixalus borealis Annandale, 1912 |
Micrixalus borealis Annandale, 1912
Occidozyga borealis (Annandale, 1912)
Ingerana borealis, or the northern frog, also Rotung oriental frog and many other common names, is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, northeastern India, Tibet, Nepal, and western Myanmar.
Its natural habitats are small, still waters and slow-moving waters in tropical moist forests. It is threatened by pollution due to agrochemicals but also by habitat loss and degradation.