Common Lazy Toad vs Fawn-colored Mouse

Oreolalax major compared with Mus cervicolor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Common Lazy Toad Fawn-colored Mouse
Kingdom same Animalia (động vật) Animalia (động vật)
Phylum same Chordata (động vật có dây sống) Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class Amphibia (động vật lưỡng cư) Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order Anura (bộ Không đuôi) Rodentia (Bộ Gặm nhấm)
Family Megophryidae Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus Oreolalax Mus (House Mice)
Species Oreolalax major Mus cervicolor

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Lazy Toad and Fawn-colored Mouse share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (động vật có dây sống)

Conservation Status

Common Lazy Toad

LC — Least Concern

Fawn-colored Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Common Lazy Toad Fawn-colored Mouse
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Lazy Toad

Habitat

Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

Fawn-colored Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Common Lazy Toad

The Common Lazy Toad (<em>Oreolalax major</em>) is an amphibian in the family Megophryidae, classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The species typically inhabits freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands, favoring cool, humid environments associated with mountain streams and adjacent riparian vegetation. As a member of the family Megophryidae, it is adapted to fast-flowing, clear mountain streams where larvae typically develop among leaf litter and gravel on the stream bed. The Common Lazy Toad is generally associated with the highland and montane zones of its range, relying on intact forest cover and unpolluted water bodies for reproduction and larval development. Its Least Concern status reflects an assessment of stable population trends, though like many amphibians it may be sensitive to changes in water quality, habitat loss, and emerging infectious diseases such as chytridiomycosis. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature.

Fawn-colored Mouse

No description available.

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