Eastern golden frog
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The Eastern golden frog, Pelophylax plancyi, is a species of true frog
found in northeastern China. It is closely related to the Seoul frog
, Pelophylax chosenicus; P. fukienensis was initially believed to be a subspecies
of P. plancyi
True frog
The true frogs, family Ranidae, have the widest distribution of any frog family. They are abundant throughout most of the world, occurring on most continents except Antarctica...
found in northeastern China. It is closely related to the Seoul frog
Seoul frog
The Seoul Frog is a species of true frog found on the western Korean Peninsula, and possibly in Liaoning. It is closely related to the Eastern Golden Frog, P. plancyi, and was long considered a subspecies thereof...
, Pelophylax chosenicus; P. fukienensis was initially believed to be a subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
of P. plancyi