Theloderma rhododiscus (Liu and Hu, 1962)
Philautus rhododiscus Liu and Hu, 1962, Acta Zool. Sinica, 14 (Supplement): 73, 98, 104. Holotype: CIB 601818, by original designation. Type locality: "Yang-liu-chung, Yaoshan, altitude 1350 m, Kwangsi [= Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region]", China.
Philautus (Philautus) rhododiscus — Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 53.
Theloderma rhododiscus — Yu, Rao, Yang, and Zhang, 2007, Zool. Res., Kunming, 28: 437-442.
Aquixalus rhododiscus — Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 725.
English Names
Chinese Bubble-nest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 112 [as Philautus rhododiscus]).
Red-disked Small Treefrog (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 262).
Distribution
Guangxi and Fujian, China; northern montane Vietnam.
Comment
Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 262-263, provided a brief account, figure, and map (as Philautus rhododiscus). Zhang and Wen, 2000, Amph. Guangxi: 122, provided an account for Guangxi (as Philautus rhododiscus). Bain and Nguyen, 2004, Am. Mus. Novit., 3453: 26-27, provided the record (as Philautus rhododiscus) for Ha Giang Province, Vietnam. Yu, Rao, Yang, and Zhang, 2008, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 153: 733-749, provided evidence consistent with the transfer of Philautus rhododiscus to Theloderma. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status (as Philautus rhododiscus) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 634. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 725-727, provided an account (as Aquixalus rhododiscus) and a spot map. Wiens, Sukumaran, Pyron, and Brown, 2009, Evolution, 63: 1217-1231, corroborated the placement of this species in Theloderma. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 438, provided a brief account (as Aquixalus rhododiscus) including photographs of specimens. Li, Chen, Li, Lv, and Wang, 2011, Asian Herpetol. Res., Ser. 2, 2: 136, provided photographs of the holotype.
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