香港瀑蛙Hong Kong Cascade FrogAmolops hongkongensis)係一隻青蛙(true frog)物種,一向以為係香港特有。佢哋啲蛋係生响瀑布濺水地帶嘅岩石表面[1]。喺香港,佢係受到野生動物保護條例保護[2]

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香港瀑蛙

瀕危指標

就快受威脅(Near Threatened) (NT)
物種分類
動物界
脊索動物門
亞門(Subphylum): 脊椎動物
兩棲綱
無尾目
蛙科
湍蛙屬英文Amolops
A. hongkongensis
二元學名
Amolops hongkongensis
(Pope and Romer, 1951)

特徵

編輯

身長 40 到 60 mm,個身扁,眼大,背脊有明顯嘅黑點,兮而有粒粒,個肚淺色有滑。

食啲乜

編輯

食烏蠅,蚱蜢同幼蟲。夜晚出沒。

分佈

編輯

一直以為係香港特有,近年至少喺中國嘅廣東省嘅 Neilingdinghu Nature Reserve 搵到。喺香港,佢哋可以喺新界同香港島揾得到[1]。It was found in the tiny little streams in Lung Fu Shan.[3]

The diameter of A. hongkongensis's suction discs is 3-4 times the width of the fingers. It contains the tarsal fold and has white velvety nuptial pads on the first fingers.[1]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The South China Cascade Frog, Amolops ricketti, found in Hong Kong, Porcupine! 32, issued by the Department of Ecology and Biodiversity, HKU
  2. [1]
  3. Night safaris in Lung Fu Shan Country Park, Hong Kong 互聯網檔案館歸檔,歸檔日期2007年5月29號,., Porcupine! 34, issued by the Department of Ecology and Biodiversity, HKU