Raorchestes menglaensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species: Raorchestes menglaensis

Name

Raorchestes menglaensis Kou, 1990

Type locality: "Zhishihe, Mengla County, Yunnan Province, China, alt. 900 m".

Holotype: YU A845090.

Synonyms

• Philautus menglaensis Kou, 1990
• Philautus (Philautus) menglaensis — Bossuyt & Dubois, 2001
• Kirtixalus menglaensis — Yu, Rao, Zhang, and Yang, 2009
• Aquixalus menglaensis — Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009
• Pseudophilautus menglaensis — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009
• Raorchestes menglaensis — Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta & Bossuyt, 2010

References

• Abraham, R.K., Pyron, R.A., Ansil, B.R., Zachariah, A. & Zachariah, A. 2013. Two novel genera and one new species of treefrog (Anura: Rhacophoridae) highlight cryptic diversity in the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa 3640(2): 177–199. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3640.2.3 Reference page. 

References

• Kou, Z.-t. 1990: A new species of genus Philautus (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Yunnan, China. In: Zhao, E.-m. (Ed.), From Water onto Land. A volume Issued to Commemorate the Ninetieth Birthday of the Late Professor Liu Cheng-zhao. [In Chinese with English abstract].
• Bossuyt, F. & A. Dubois. 2001: A review of the frog genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Rhacophorinae). Zeylanica. Colombo, 6: 1–112.
• Li, J.-t., J. Che, R. W. Murphy, H. Zhao, E.-m. Zhao, D.-q. Rao & Y.-p. Zhang. 2009: New insights to the molecular phylogenetics and generic assessment in the Rhacophoridae (Amphibia: Anura) based on five nuclear and three mitochondrial genes, with comments on the evolution of reproduction. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 53: 509–522.
• Biju S.D., Shouche Y., Dubois A., Dutta S.K. & Bossuyt F. 2010: A ground-dwelling rhacophorid frog from the highest mountain peak of the Western Ghats of India. Current Science, 98: 1119–1125. Full article
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Raorchestes menglaensis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Raorchestes menglaensis  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 11 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Mengla Small Bubble-nest Frog