Raorchestes huanglianshan
species of amphibian
The Huanglianshan bush frog or Huanglianshan shrub frog (Raorchestes huanglianshan) is a frog. It lives in China and Thailand. The scientists found it on Mt. Huanglian, between 1600 and 1900 meters above sea level.[1][2]
| Raorchestes huanglianshan | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Raorchestes |
| Species: | R. huanglianshan
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| Binomial name | |
| Raorchestes huanglianshan Jiang, Wang, Ren, and Li, 2020
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The adult male frog is about 17.0-19.6 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 21.5 mm long. The skin of the frog's back is brown-gray in color with orange marks on the top of its head and a darker brown mark on its back in the shape of the letter X. It has three brown spots under each eye. It has disks on its toes for climbing. The disks are orange in color. Its belly is gray-white in color.[3]
Scientists named this frog for Mt. Huanglian because they found it there.[3]
References
change- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes huanglianshan (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ↑ "Raorchestes huanglianshan (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jiang K; J Ren; J Wang; J Guo; Z Wang; Y Liu; D Jiang; J Li (2020). "Taxonomic revision of Raorchestes menglaensis (Kou, 1990) (Amphibia: Anura), with descriptions of two new species from Yunnan, China". Asian Herpetological Research (Full text). 11: 263–281. doi:10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200018. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
