Quasipaa shini

Quasipaa shini (common names: spiny-flanked frog, Chinese paa frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to southern central China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, and Chongqing).^[2] Its natural habitats are rivers in subtropical moist lowland forests and montane forest at elevations of 510–1,500 m (1,670–4,920 ft) asl. It is threatened by over-collecting for human consumption and by habitat loss.^[1]

Quasipaa shini
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dicroglossidae
Genus:	Quasipaa
Species:	Q. shini
Binomial name
Quasipaa shini (Ahl, 1930)
Synonyms
Rana shini Ahl, 1930 Paa shini (Ahl, 1930)

Quasipaa shini are relatively large frogs. Males grow to a snout–vent length of about 99 mm (3.9 in) and females to 95 mm (3.7 in). Tadpoles are up to about 66 mm (2.6 in) in length.^[3]

Its specific name shini ("of Shin" in Latin) honours the biology professor Sin Shu-szi [zh] (Chinese: 辛树帜; pinyin: Xīn Shùzhì). The German zoologist Ernst Ahl, who named the species, also named the lizard Shinisaurus after professor Sin.^[4]