Rhacophorus hujianshengi Liu, Hou, Rao, and Li, 2025

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

Rhacophorus hujianshengi Liu, Hou, Rao, and Li, 2025, Pakistan J. Zool., 57: 710. Holotype: KIZ2020012, by original designation. Type locality: "Yunling Village, Xiajinchang Township, Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (23°9’19”N, 104°50’15”E, ca 1500 m a.s.l.). ZooBank Publication registration: 6FDB4660-7DAE-489F-8C23-65444CE9C65E

Common Names

Malipo Tree Frog (original publication). 

麻栗坡树蛙 (Chinese: original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Yunling Village, Xiajinchang Township, Malipo County, southwestern Yunnan, China, ca. 1500 m elevation). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

Most similar to Rhacophorus laoshan according to the original publication, distinguished by morphological and 16s rDNA distance. 

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