Zhangixalus burmanus

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

Familia: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Zhangixalus
Species: Zhangixalus burmanus

Name

Zhangixalus burmanus (Andersson, 1939)

• Holotype: NHRM 1858, adult ♂, collected by René Malaise.
• Type locality: “little village of Kambaiti situation in N. East Burma near the border of China in a highland 2,000 m above th sea-level and overgrown with dense bamboo-jungles and primeval forests”, Myanmar.

Combinations

• Polypedates (Rhacophorus) dennysii burmana Andersson, 1939: 1 [original combination]
• Rhacophorus burmanus — Ohler, 2009: 179 [subsequent combination]
• Zhangixalus burmanus — Jiang, Jiang, Ren, Wu & Li, 2019: 7 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Rhacophorus taronensis Smith, 1940: 473 [synonymised by Ohler (2009: 182)]
  • Holotype: BMNH 1940.6.1.39, adult ♀, donated by Ronald John Henry Kaulbac.
  • Type locality: “27°38′ N, 98°10′ E.... Patsarlamdam”, northern Myanmar.

• Rhacophorus gongshanensis Yang & Su, 1984: 51 [synonymised with Rhacophorus taronensis by Wilkinson & Rao (2004: 451)]
  • Holotype: KIZ 810732, adult ♂, collected on 7 June 1981.
  • Type locality: “Pumansao [= Pumanshao], Baoshan County, Yunnan; altitude 1880 m.”, China.

References

Primary references

• Andersson, L.G. [1938] 1939. Batrachians from Burma collected by Dr. R. Malaise, and from Bolivia and Ecuador collected by Dr. C. Hammarlund. Arkiv för Zoologi 30(23): 1–24.
• Smith, M.A. 1940. The amphibians and reptiles obtained by Mr. Ronald Kaulback in Upper Burma. Records of the Indian Museum 42: 465–486.
• Yang, D.-T. & Su, C.-G. 1984. Rhacophorus gongshanensis, a new species of flying frog from the Hengduan Mountains. Acta Herpetologica Sinica. New Series 3(3): 51–53. BHL
• Wilkinson, J.A. & Rao, D.-Q. 2004. Taxonomic status of Rhacophorus taroensis Smith, 1940. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series 55(25): 451–457. BHL Reference page. 
• Ohler, A. 2009. Rhacophorus burmanus (Anderson, 1939)—the valid nomen for Rhacophorus taroensis Smith, 1940 and Rhacophorus gongshanensis Yang & Su, 1984. Herpetozoa 21: 179–182. PDF
• Jiang, D., Jiang, K., Ren, J.-L., Wu, J. & Li, J.-T. 2019. Resurrection of the genus Leptomantis, with description of a new genus to the family Rhacophoridae (Amphibia: Anura). Asian Herpetological Research 10(1): 1–12. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.180058 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. IUCN: Zhangixalus burmanus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T175773802A175774232. Accessed on 20 March 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Burmese Gliding Treefrog