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Hyla tsinlingensis Liu and Hu, 1966

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Hylidae > Subfamily: Hylinae > Genus: Hyla

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Hyla tsinlingensis Liu and Hu In Hu, Zhao, and Liu, 1966, Acta Zool. Sinica, 18: 74, 89. Holotype: CIB 623149, by original designation. Type locality: "Hou-tseng-tze, Couchih Hsien, Shensi [= Shaanxi], alt. 1,341 m", China.

English Names

Shensi Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 58).

Tsinling Tree Toad (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 148).

Distribution

Southern Shaanxi, eastern Sichuan, and western Hubei, China.

Comment

Related to Hyla annectans according to the original publication. Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 148-149, provided a brief description, map, and figure. Fei and Ye, 2001, Color Handbook Amph. Sichuan: 165, provided a brief account and illustration. Zhang, 2002, Sichuan J. Zool., 21: 198-199, provided a key to differentiate this species from others in China. In the Hyla arborea group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 102, and Hua, Fu, Li, Nieto-Montes de Oca, and Wiens, 2009, Herpetologica, 65: 246-259. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 640-644, provided an account and spot map. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 257, provided a brief account.

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