Rhacophorus bipunctatus

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 Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Rhacophorus bipunctatus Ahl, 1927

Lectotype: BMNH 1872.4.17.127, adult ♂. [designated by Bordoloi, Bortamuli & Ohler (2007: 5)]
Type locality: “Khasi Hills”, India.

Rhacophorus bipunctatus Ahl, 1927: 46 [nomen novum for Rhacophorus bimaculatus Boulenger, 1882]
Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) bipunctatus — Ahl, 1931: 168 [subgenus]
Rhacophorus reinwardtii bipunctatus — Wolf, 1936: 214 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
Rhacophorus bimaculatus — Inger, 1966: 294 [subsequent combination]
Rhacophorus bipunctatus — Inger in Frost, 1985: 543 [subsequent combination]

Rhacophorus maculatus Anderson, 1871: 27 [nomen praeoccupatum by Hyla maculata Gray, 1830]
- Syntypes (n=12): ZSI 10291, 2753–2756 and BMNH 1872.4.17.123–129.
- Type locality: “Khasi Hills”, India.

Rhacophorus bimaculatus Boulenger, 1882: 90 [nomen novum for Rhacophorus maculatus Anderson, 1871; nomen praeoccupatum by Leptomantis bimaculata Peters, 1867]

Rhacophorus htunwini Wilkinson, Thin, Lwin & Shein, 2005: 43 [synonymised by Bordoloi, Bortamuli & Ohler (2007: 14)]
- Holotype: CAS 229893, adult ♂, collected by Htun Win, Young Ngai Thi Na, Ram Sar, and Hpe Ram on 2 May 2002.
- Type locality: “Nagmung Township, Au Yin Ga Camp (27°17′36.9″ N, 97°51′45.3″ E), Putao District, Kachin State, Myanmar, elevation approximately 878 m”.

Anderson, J. 1871. A list of the reptilian accession to the Indian Museum, Calcutta, from 1865 to 1870, with a description of some new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 40(2): 12–39. BHL Reference page.
Boulenger, G.A. 1882. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the Collection of the British Museum. Second Edition. Order of the Trustees: London. XVI + 503 pp. BHL Reference page.
Ahl, E. 1927. Zur Systematik der asiatischen Arten der Froschgattung Rhacophorus. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1927: 35–47.
Wilkinson, J.A., Thin, T., Lwin, K.S. & Shein, A.K. 2005. A New Species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Myanmar (Burma). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4th Series 56(4): 42–52. BHL Reference page.
Bordoli, S., Bortamuli, T. & Ohler, A. 2007. Systematics of the genus Rhacophorus (Amphibia, Anura): Identity of red-webbed forms and description of a new species from Assam. Zootaxa 1653(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1653.1.1 Reference page.

Ohler, A., van Dijk, P.P., Wogan, G., Liang, F., Dutta, S., Bordoloi, S. & Roy, D. 2008. IUCN: Rhacophorus bipunctatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T58981A11853687. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T58981A11853687.en. Accessed on 07 October 2022.

English: Himalaya Flying Frog

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