Hyla annectans (Jerdon, 1870)
Polypedates annectans Jerdon, 1870, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1870: 84. Syntypes: ZSIC 10170-72, according to Sclater, 1892, List Batr. Indian Mus.: 31. Type locality: "Khasi" Hills, Meghalaya, India. Given in error as "Upper Burma" by Gee and Boring, 1929, Peking Nat. Hist. Bull., 4: 24.
Hyla annectens — Günther, 1876 "1875", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875: 576. Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 382. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Hyla annectans — Boring, 1938 "1938-1939", Peking Nat. Hist. Bull., 13: 94.
Hyla annectans annectans — Yang, Su, and Li, 1983, Acta Herpetol. Sinica, Chengdu, N.S.,, 2 (3): 40. Yang, 1991, Amph. Fauna of Yunnan: 107.
Hyla annectans gongshanensis Yang, Su, and Li, 1983, Acta Herpetol. Sinica, Chengdu, N.S.,, 2 (3): 40. Types: KIZ. Type locality: Outskirts of Gongshan Xian, Yunnan Province, 1,500 m, China, 1500 m elevation. Nomen nudum.
Hyla annectans gongshanensis Li and Yang, 1985, Zool. Res., Kunming, 6: 23, 27. Holotype: KIZ 730059, by original designation. Type locality: "outskirts of Gongshan Xian, Yunnan [Province]; 1,500 m", China.
Hyla annectans gonshanensis — Yang, 1991, Amph. Fauna of Yunnan: 107. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Hyla annectans wulingensis Shen, 1997, Zool. Res., Kunming, 18: 177, 182. Holotype: HNNU 86.646, by original designation. Type locality: "Tianping Mountain (29° 49′ N, 110° 9′ E), Sangzhi, Hunan Province; altitude 1350 m", China.
Hyla annectans jingdongensis Fei and Ye In Ye, Fei, Li, and Li, 2000, Cultum Herpetol. Sinica, 8: 89, 93. Holotype: CIB 581469, by original designation. Type locality: "Xingminxiang, Jingdong County (100° 30′ E, 24° 61′ N), Yunnan Province, altitude 2090 m", China. Dubois, Crombie, and Glaw, 2005, Alytes, 23: 34, as first revisors considered this the original spelling noting variants within the original publication.
Hyla annectans tengchongensis Ye, Fei, and Li In Ye, Fei, Li, and Li, 2000, Cultum Herpetol. Sinica, 8: 89, 93. Holotype: CIB 980220, by original designation. Type locality: "Tietou, Tengchong County (98° 50′ E, 25° 60′ N), Yunnan Province, altitude 1660 m", China. Dubois, Crombie, and Glaw, 2005, Alytes, 23: 34, as first revisors considered this the original spelling noting variants within the original publication.
Hyla annectans chuanxiensis Ye and Fei In Ye, Fei, Li, and Li, 2000, Cultum Herpetol. Sinica, 8: 90, 93. Holotype: CIB XI0725, by original designation. Type locality: "Zishi, Tianquan County (102° 36′ E, 30° 03′ N), Sichuan Province, altitude 900 m", China.
Hyla gongshanensis — Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 616.
Hyla gongshanensis chuanxiensis — Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 617.
Hyla gongshanensis gongshanensis — Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 621.
Hyla gongshanensis jingdongensis — Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 625.
Hyla gongshanensis tengchongensis — Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 631.
Hyla gongshanensis wulingensis — Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 634.
English Names
Assam Treefrog (Hyla annectans: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 54).
Indian Hylid Frog (Hyla annectans: Das and Dutta, 1998, Hamadryad, 23: 66; Ahmed, Das, and Dutta, 2009, Amph. Rept. NE India: 27; Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 47).
Jerdon's Tree Frog (Hyla annectans: Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 33).
West China Tree Toad (Hyla annectans annectans: Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 144).
Gongshan Tree Toad (Hyla annectans gongshanensis: Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 146).
Indian Leaf Frog (Chan-ard, Grossmann, Gumprecht, and Schulz, 1999, Amph. Rept. Peninsular Malaysia Thailand: 20; Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 94).
Jingdong Tree Toad (Hyla annectans jingdonensis: Fei and Ye, 2001, Color Handbook Amph. Sichuan: 161).
Chuanxi Tree Toad (Hyla annectans chuanxiensis: Fei and Ye, 2001, Color Handbook Amph. Sichuan: 162).
Wuling Tree Toad (Hyla annectans wulingensis: Fei and Ye, 2001, Color Handbook Amph. Sichuan: 161).
Green Leave Frog (Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 89).
Southwestern China Treefrog (Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 18).
Indian Hylid Frog (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Gururaja, and Bhatta, 2009, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Occas. Pap., 302: 38).
Distribution
Southern Asia (south of Himalayas) from Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, and Meghalaya (India) through northern Myanmar, northwestern Thailand, and northern montane Vietnam to western China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan).
Comment
In the Hyla arborea group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 101-102, and Hua, Fu, Li, Nieto-Montes de Oca, and Wiens, 2009, Herpetologica, 65: 246-259. Discussed by Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 222-223; Pope, 1931, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 61: 474-477; Liu, 1950, Fieldiana, Zool. Mem., 2: 224-231; Liu and Hu, 1961, Tailless Amph. China: 130-133, and Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 55. See accounts by Taylor, 1962, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 43: 345-346; Yang, 1991, Amph. Fauna of Yunnan: 107-111, Ye, Fei, and Hu, 1993, Rare and Economic Amph. China: 198; and Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 144-145. Fei and Ye, 2001, Color Handbook Amph. Sichuan: 161, provided a brief account and illustration for Hyla annectans jingdongensis and Hyla annectans chuanxiensis. Chanda, 2002, Handb. Indian Amph.: 33-34, provided a brief account for the Indian population. Zhang and Wen, 2000, Amph. Guangxi: 62, provided an account for Guangxi. See also brief account by Zhao and Yang, 1997, Amph. Rept. Hengduan Mountains Region: 77-79. Zhang, 2002, Sichuan J. Zool., 21: 198-199, provided a key to differentiate this species from others in China. Nutphund, 2001, Amph. Thailand: 89, provided a brief characterization, but Ohler, 2003, Alytes, 21: 101, noted that the animal photographed and referred to this species is actually Rana andersoni. Chan-ard, 2003, Photograph. Guide Amph. Thailand: 94-95, provided a very brief account, map for Thailand, and photograph. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 18, provided specific localities for Vietnam. Ao, Bordoloi, and Ohler, 2003, Zoos' Print J., 18: 1117-1125, provided a specific locality for Nagaland, northeastern India. Devi and Shamungou, 2006, J. Exp. Zool. India, 9: 317-324, provided a record for Manipur, northeastern India. Yang, 2008, in Yang and Rao (ed.), Amph. Rept. Yunnan: 62-63, provided a brief account for Yunnan, China. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 616-640, considered Hyla annectans and Hyla gongshanensis to be different species, on the basis of finding the syntypes of Hyla annectans from northeastern India to be distinguishable from the Chinese material available to them. But, they provided only a very brief diagnosis of Hyla annectans and did not delimit this species geographically, leaving the populations from Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam unassigned and their status problematic. Nevertheless, they provided a key, accounts, and a spot maps for China as Hyla gongshanensis. The status of populations of Hyla in the intervening areas is problematic and warrants detailed study. Ahmed, Das, and Dutta, 2009, Amph. Rept. NE India: 27, provided a brief account for northeastern India. Mathew and Sen, 2010, Pict. Guide Amph. NE India: 47-48, provided a brief characterization and photographs. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 248-249 (as Hyla gongshanensis chunaxiensis), 250 (as Hyla gongshanensis gongshanensis), 250-251 (as Hyla gongshanensis jingdongensis), 252 (as Hyla gongshanensis tengchongensis), 252-253 (as Hyla gongshanensis wuliengensis), provided a brief account including photographs of specimens and habitat.
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