Raorchestes longchuanensis (Yang and Li, 1978)
Philautus longchuanensis Yang and Li In Yang, Su, and Li, 1978, Amph. Rept. Gaoligongshan: 37. Syntypes: KIZ 17 specimens. Type localities: Jangjiang and Longchuan, Yunnan Province, China, 1350-1600 m elevation.
Philautus longchuanensis Yang and Li In Yang, Su, and Li, 1979, Acta Zootaxon. Sinica, 4: 186. Holotype: KIZ 74110046, by original designation. Type locality: "Gongdong ..., Longchuan Xian ... , altitude 1600 m", Yunnan, China.
Philautus (Philautus) longchuanensis — Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 55.
Aquixalus longchuanensis — Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 717. See comment under Philautus.
Pseudophilautus longchuanensis — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 53: 511.
Raorchestes longchuanensis — Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, and Bossuyt, 2010, Curr. Sci., Bangalore, 98: 1120. By implication.
English Names
Longchuan Bubble-nest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 112).
Longchuan Small Treefrog (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 260).
Distribution
Gaoligong Shan and Hengduanshan mountains, Yunnan, China, 1350-1600 m elevation; in adjacent northern Vietnam (Lai Chau Province); presumably in adjacent northeastern Myanmar.
Comment
Closely related to Philautus gracilipes and Philautus rhododiscus (now Theloderma rhododiscus), according to the original publication. Not addressed by Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 71-73. Yang, 1991, Amph. Fauna of Yunnan: 192-193, and Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 260-261, provided accounts. See also brief account by Zhao and Yang, 1997, Amph. Rept. Hengduan Mountains Region: 119-120. Orlov, Murphy, Ananjeva, Ryabov, and Ho, 2002, Russ. J. Herpetol., 9: 95, reported the Vietnam component of distribution but did not reference voucher specimens. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 35, provided specific localities for Vietnam. Yang, 2008, in Yang and Rao (ed.), Amph. Rept. Yunnan: 104, provided a brief account for Yunnan, China. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 717-719, provided an account (as Aquixalus longchuanensis) and spot map. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 431, provided a brief account (as Aquixalus longchuanensis).
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