Brown and Alcala's Sierra Madres Frog Rana tipanan Brown, McGuire and Diesmos, 1992
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Category: NEW SPECIES
Status: ENDEMIC
Habitat/Distribution: upper montane forest at 1500m above sea level at Mt Cetaceo and along the Kabatangan Tributary in the Aurora National Park in the Sierra Madres Mountain Range.
Habitat / Behavior: Seems to  prefer areas farther away from and relatively higher above the water then other frogs.
Threats: .
Interesting Information: Information was taken from "Herpetologica, March 2000 Vol. 56 No. 1" provided by the discoverer.
Conservation Efforts/Measures: Not known.

Photograph Information: Courtesy of  Jimmy A. McGuire. [left] male and [right] female.

Rana tipanan male Rana tipanan female


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