Theloderma baibengensis (Jiang, Fei, and Huang, 2009)
Aquixalus baibengensis Jiang, Fei, and Huang In Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 708. Holotype: CIB 20030147, by original designation. Type locality: "Baibung [= Beibung] of Medog Co. (29.11° N, 95.10° E. ), Xizang, China, 850 m".
Aquixalus baibengensis Jiang, Fei, and Huang In Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 709. Incorrect original spelling.
Theloderma baibengensis — Frost, 2010, Amph. Spec. World Online, vers. 5.4: . Provisional placement based on statement of relationship to Philautus albopunctatus. See comment under Philautus.
Aquixalus baibungensis — Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 426. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
English Names
Baibung Small Treefrog (Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 426).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Beibung, Medog County, Xizang, China); expected in nearby Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Comment
The placement in Theloderma is provisional, based on the inclusion by Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 712, Theloderma within Aquixalus, and that statement that Aquixalus beibengensis is close to Aquixalus albopunctatus (now a synonym of Theloderma asperum). Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 425-383, provided a brief account (as Aquixalus baibungensis) including photographs of specimens.
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