Rhacophorus bengkuluensis Streicher, Hamidy, Harvey, Anders, Shaney, Kurniawan, and Smith, 2014

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Rhacophoridae > Subfamily: Rhacophorinae > Genus: Rhacophorus > Species: Rhacophorus bengkuluensis

Rhacophorus bengkuluensis Streicher, Hamidy, Harvey, Anders, Shaney, Kurniawan, and Smith, 2014, Zootaxa, 3878: 356. Holotype. MZB.Amph.21194, by original designation. Type locality: "southwest slope of Bukit Barisan range near Kepahiang, Kecamatan Taba Pananjung, Kabupaten Bengkulu Tengah, Provinsi Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia (S 3.685556, E 102.538611, 600–650 m asl)". 

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Low to intermediate elevations (likely between 250 and 900 m) of southwestern Sumatra (western Sumatera Selatan and Lampung provinces), Indonesia. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Indonesia

Endemic: Indonesia

Comment

Previously confused with Rhacophorus catamitus, but most closely related to Rhacophorus margaritifer, according to the original publication. O'Connell, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Fujita, 2018, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 123: 101–112, discussed molecular phylogenetics. 

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