Raorchestes huanglianshan
| Raorchestes huanglianshan | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Raorchestes |
| Species: | R. huanglianshan
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| Binomial name | |
| Raorchestes huanglianshan Jiang, Wang, Ren, and Li, 2020
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Raorchestes huanglianshan, the Huanglianshan bush frog or Huanglianshan shrub frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to China and Thailand. Scientists have observed it on Mt. Huanglian, between 1600 and 1900 meters above sea level.[1][2]
The adult male frog measures about 17.0–19.6 mm in snout-vent length and one adult female frog is 21.5 mm. The skin of dorsum is brown-gray in color with orange marks on the top of the head and an X-shaped dark brown mark on the back. There are three brown spots under each eye. This frog has bright orange climbing disks on its toes. The ventrum gray-white in color.[3]
Scientists named this frog for Mt. Huanglian.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes huanglianshan (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "Raorchestes huanglianshan (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ a b Jiang K; J Ren; J Wang; J Guo; Z Wang; Y Liu; D Jiang; J Li (2020). "Taxonomic revision of Raorchestes menglaensis (Kou, 1990) (Amphibia: Anura), with descriptions of two new species from Yunnan, China". Asian Herpetological Research (Full text). 11: 263–281. doi:10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200018. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
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