Rhacophorus boeadii Hamidy, Riyanto, Munir, Gonggoli, Trilaksono, and McGuire, 2025

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

Rhacophorus boeadii Hamidy, Riyanto, Munir, Gonggoli, Trilaksono, and McGuire, 2025, Zootaxa, 5569: 217. Holotype.:MZB Amph 31070, by original designation. Type locality: "near to the Danau [lake] at post 6 . . . , Gunung [mount] Katopasa, Desa [village] Mire, Kecamatan [sub-district] Ulu Bongka, Kabupaten [regency] Tojo Una-una, Provinsi [province] Sulawesi Tengah, Sulawesi Indonesia (1°11’21.6” S, 121°26’29.7” E, 1471 m a.s.l.)". Zoobank Publication registration: 26E18D07-6CC3-46B2-8DB7-F38296F72C6C

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Montane primary forest above 1000 m elevation on Mount Katopasa and Mount Gandang Dewata on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Indonesia

Endemic: Indonesia

Comment

Comparative larval and adult morphology, molecular markers, and advertisement call, as well as a call for urgent conservation action, detailed in the original publication, where this species was considered to be the sister taxon of Rhacophorus georgii

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