#1962 · 🐸 amphibians

LaTouche's Frog

Hylarana latouchii

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Hylarana latouchii ( Kuatun frog , LaTouche's frog , broad-folded frog ) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It was formerly placed in genus Rana . The specific name honours the collector of the type series: Hylarana latouchii was described by George Albert Boulenger based on three specimens collected by Irish ornithologist John D. La Touche in Guadun village in Wuyishan, Fujian, China.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,085iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
9,085 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by George Albert Boulenger in 1899 (127 years ago).