Huia melasma is a species of frog

Frog

Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura , formerly referred to as Salientia . Most frogs are characterized by a short body, webbed digits , protruding eyes and the absence of a tail...

 in the Ranidae family. It is sometimes placed in the genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 Odorrana

Odorrana

Odorrana is a genus of true frogs from East Asia and surrounding regions. Many of these frogs inhabit fast-flowing mountain streams, and they typically have a remarkably pointed snout, as evidenced by common names like "long-snout" or "tip-nosed frog" and scientific names like nasica or nasutus...

, but actually seems to belong neither there nor in Huia, at least if the latter genus is defined in the strict sense. It is found in Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 and possibly Myanmar

Myanmar

Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....

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Its natural habitat

Habitat

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s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest

Forest

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s and river

River

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s. Its status is insufficiently known.

Source

• Stuart, S.N. 2006. Huia melasma. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.