Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Philautus ocellatus Liu and Hu In Liu, Hu, Fei, and Huang, 1973, Acta Zool. Sinica, 19: 385, 393. Holotype: CIB 64III1371, by original designation. Type locality: "Wuzhi Shan [= Mount Wuzhi], Hainan, altitude 700 m", China.

Philautus (Philautus) ocellatus — Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 53.

Aquixalus ocellatus — Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 695. See comment under Philautus.

Liuixalus ocellatus — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 53: 511.

English Names

Ocellated Bubble-nest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 112).

Ocellatus Small Treefrog (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 256).

Distribution

Hilly areas of rainforest in southern Hainan Island, China, 320-1080 m elevation.

Comment

Related to Philautus parvulus and Philautus hazelae, (= Platymantis hazelae) according to the original publication. Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 256-257, provided a brief account, figure, and map. See photograph in Orlov, Ho, and Nguyen, 2004, Russ. J. Herpetol., 11: 60. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 528. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 695-698, provided an account (as Aquixalus ocellatus) for China and spot map. (Inasmuch as Aquixalus in the sense of Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, as well as their Aquixalus palpebralis group, has been partitioned among several genera, DRF retains this species in Philautus until the appropriate genus for this taxon can be determined.) Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 434-435, provided a brief account for China (as Aquixalus ocellatus) including photographs. Shi, 2011, Amph. Rept. Fauna Hainan: 36-38, provided an account as Philautus ocellatus. Li, Chen, Li, Lv, and Wang, 2011, Asian Herpetol. Res., Ser. 2, 2: 137, provided photographs of the holotype.

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