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(Redirected from Jinxiu small treefrog) Species of amphibian

Gracixalus jinxiuensis
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Gracixalus
Species: G. jinxiuensis
Binomial name
Gracixalus jinxiuensis
(Hu, 1978)
Synonyms
  • Philautus jinxiuensis Hu in Hu, Fei, and Ye, 1978
  • Philautus (Philautus) jinxiuensis Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001
  • Philautus jingxiuensis Orlov, Ho, and Nguyen, 2004
  • Gracixalus jinxiuensis Yu, Rao, Zhang, and Yang, 2009
  • Aquixalus jinxiuensis Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009
  • Orixalus jinxiuensis Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021

Gracixalus jinxiuensis, commonly known as the Jinxiu bubble-nest frog or Jinxiu small treefrog, is a species of shrub frog from northern Vietnam and southern China (southeastern Yunnan, northeastern Guangxi and southern Hunan). "Jinxiu" in its names refers to the Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, where its type locality lies. This species in known from forests, montane forests, secondary growth, forest edges, and from near streams.

Cryptic species

Gracixalus jinxiuensis, as currently defined, may in fact include more than one species. Furthermore, it is possible that some records refer to other, established Gracixalus species. For instance, Gracixalus quyeti from Quảng Bình Province was formerly assigned to Gracixalus jinxiuensis.

Morphology

The male snout–vent length is 23.5 mm (0.93 in) and the female is 29 mm (1.1 in).

References

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Gracixalus jinxiuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T153630916A63879420.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Gracixalus jinxiuensis (Hu, 1978)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. Ziegler, Thomas, Dao Thi Anh Tran, Truong Quang Nguyen, Ronith Gila Bina Perl, Lea Wirk, Magdalena Kulisch, Tanja Lehmann, Anna Rauhaus, Tao Thien Nguyen, Quyet Khac Le, and Thanh Ngoc Vu. 2014. New amphibian and reptile records from Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam. Herpetology Notes, volume 7: 185-201 (2014) (published online on 16 April 2014).
  4. Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 254. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.
Taxon identifiers
Gracixalus jinxiuensis
Philautus jinxiuensis


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