Description and development of the tadpole of Rhacophorus feae (Anura; Rhacophoridae)

Zootaxa. 2018 Oct 23;4504(1):138-144. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.1.9.

Abstract

The genus Rhacophorus Kuhl Van Hasselt is currently known to contain 92 species of frogs (Frost 2018), distributed across south and south-east Asia. Rhacophorus feae Boulenger is a large member of this genus and has a seemingly expansive range been recorded from southern Yunnan in China, the Karen hills in Myanmar, northern Thailand, northern Laos and northern Vietnam (Chanard et al. 1999; Orlov et al. 2002; Nguyen et al. 2005; Stuart 2005; Yang 2008). It is currently included in the intrageneric R. dennysi group (Dubois 1986) along with R. duboisi Ohler, Marquis, Swan Grosjean , R. dennysi Blanford, R. dugritei (David), R. minimus Rao, Wilkinson Liu, R. hungfuensis Liu Hu, R. dorsoviridis Bourret, R. nigropunctatus Liu, Hu Yang, and R. smaragdinus (Blyth).

Keywords: Amphibia, Anura, Rhacophoridae.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anura*
  • China
  • Laos
  • Larva*
  • Myanmar
  • Phylogeny
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam