Liuixalus hainanus (Liu and Wu, 2004)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Rhacophoridae > Subfamily: Rhacophorinae > Genus: Liuixalus > Species: Liuixalus hainanus

Philautus hainanus Liu and Wu In Liu, Wang, Lü, Zhao, Che, and Wu, 2004, Sichuan J. Zool., 123: 202. Holotype: SCUM 041017, by original designation. Type locality: "Mount Diaoluo, [Lingshui County,] Hainan Province, China; altitude 710 m".

Liuixalus hainanusLi, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 53: 511.

Romerus hainanus — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 262. 

English Names

Hainan Small Treefrog (Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2012, Colored Atlas Chinese Amph. Distr.: 510). 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Mount Diaoluo, Lingshui County, Hainan I., China, 710 m elevation).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

Similar to Philautus ocellatus according to the original publication. Shi, 2011, Amph. Rept. Fauna Hainan: 77, provided an account as Philautus hainanusFei, Ye, and Jiang, 2012, Colored Atlas Chinese Amph. Distr.: 510, provided a brief account, illustration, and a range map for China. Wang, Jia, Zhu, and Wang, 2021, Behavioural Proc., 189 (104423): 1–7, reported on the advertisement call. 

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