Rhacophorus napoensis Li, Liu, Yu, and Sun, 2022

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

Rhacophorus napoensis Li, Liu, Yu, and Sun, 2022, ZooKeys, 1117: 130. Holotype: GXNU YU000172, by original designation. Type locality: "near several large rocks in the bushes, 306 m southeast of Nongyao, Napo County, Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (23°1'20"N, 105°50'58"E, ca 1032 m a.s.l.)." https://zoobank.org/66C47824-DE9B-4EA7-AFF1-CFBA0F8D239E

English Names

Napo Tree Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (ca. Nongyao, Napo County, Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, 1032 m elevation). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

The sister taxon of a group composed of Rhacophorus rhodopus, Rhacophorus borneensis, Rhacophorus norhyatii, and Rhacophorus reinwardtii and most similar to Rhacophorus bipunctatus and Rhacophorus rhodopus according to the original publication, where comparative morphology, molecular markers, 

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