Rhacophorus laoshan Mo, Jiang, Xie, and Ohler, 2008
Rhacophorus laoshan Mo, Jiang, Xie, and Ohler, 2008, Asiat. Herpetol. Res., 11: 86. Holotype: GXNHM 2005081, by original designation. Type locality: "Cenwangloashan Nature Reserve (Guangxi, China) . . . (106° 24′ 8.22″ E, 24° 29′ 1.98″ N) at 1389 m altitude".
English Names
Laoshan Treefrog (Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 462).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Cenwangloashan Nature Reserve, Guangxi, China, 1389 m elevation).
Comment
In the Rhacophorus reinwardtii group, and most similar to Rhacophorus hoangliensis, according to the original publication. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 771-774,, provided an account and a spot map and assigned this species to their Rhacophorus verrucopus group. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 4623, provided a brief account for China including photographs of specimens.
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