Gracixalus tianlinensis

species of Amphibia

The Tianlin small tree frog (Gracixalus tianlinensis) is a frog. It lives in China, in Tianlin County.[2][3][1]

Gracixalus tianlinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Gracixalus
Species:
G. tianlinensis
Binomial name
Gracixalus tianlinensis
Chen, Bei, Liao, Zhou, and Mo, 2018

The adult male frog is 30.3-35.9 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 35.6-38.7 mm long. The head is wider than it is long. The skin of the frog's back is brown in color and there is a dark brown mark shaped like the letter Y. The sides of the body and tops of the legs are yellow in color. The front of the neck and chest are gray in color. The belly is white in color. The iris of the eye is brown in color with tiny black lines.[4]

This frog lives on hills in forests with both bamboo plants and evergreen trees. People have seen it 1858 meters above sea level. Scientists think this frog's tadpoles live in bamboo holes with water in them, like other tadpoles in Gracixalus.[1]

One of the places this frog lives is a protected park: Cenwanglaoshan National Nature Reserve.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Tianlin Small Tree Frog: Gracixalus tianlinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T149237287A149747049. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T149237287A149747049.en. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Gracixalus tianlinensis Chen, Bei, Liao, Zhou, and Mo, 2018". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  3. "Gracixalus tianlinensis Chen, Bei, Liao, Zhou, & Mo, 2018". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  4. Chen, W.; Bei, Y.; Liao, X.; Zhou, S.; Mo, Y. (2018). "A new species of Gracixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from West Guangxi, China". Asian Herpetological Research (Full text). 9 (2): 74–84. doi:10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.170085. Retrieved April 12, 2024.