Buergeria choui Matsui and Tominaga, 2020

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Rhacophoridae > Subfamily: Buergeriinae > Genus: Buergeria > Species: Buergeria choui

Buergeria choui Matsui and Tominaga, 2020, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 39: 164. Holotype: RUMF-ZH-01032, by original designation. Type locality: "Mihara, Taketomicho, Iriomotejima Is., Okinawa Pref., Japan (24°20′35.3" N, 123°55′19.4″ E, 108 m asl)". Zoobank publication registration: 2AB66C0B-3874-4DFD-B77E-53BB9B0098C7

English Names

Yaeyama Kajika Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Northwestern Taiwan and Iriomote and Ishigaki Islands of the southern Ryukyus, Japan. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Japan, Taiwan

Comment

Confused with Buergeria japonica prior to its naming according to the original publication, where the tadpole and advertisement call were also described. 

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