Zhangixalus thaoae Nguyen, Nguyen, Ninh, Le, Bui, Orlov, Hoang, and Ziegler, 2024

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Rhacophoridae > Subfamily: Rhacophorinae > Genus: Zhangixalus > Species: Zhangixalus thaoae

Zhangixalus thaoae Nguyen, Nguyen, Ninh, Le, Bui, Orlov, Hoang, and Ziegler, 2024, ZooKeys, 1197: 100. Holotype: IEBR A 5136; GenBank: LC762092.1, by original designation. Type locality: "Y Ty Commune, Bat Xat District, Lao Cai Province, Northwestern Vietnam; 22°37'17.6"N, 103°37'23.5"E; 1883 m a.s.l.Zoobank publication registration: E33270AB-994B-4438-974C-1BE11A4FF3A4.

Rhacophorus (Zhangixalus) thaoae — Mahony, Kamei, Brown, and Chan, 2024, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 74: 253, by implication. 

Common Names

Thao's Tree Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Y Ty Commune, Bat Xat District, Lao Cai Province, Northwestern Vietnam, 1883 m elevation); expected in adjacent Guangxi, China, on granitic substrates.  

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Vietnam

Likely/Controversially Present: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: Vietnam

Comment

Comparative morphology, assignment to the Zhangixalus chenfui group, and the confusion in the literature of Zhangixalus dorsoviridis, Zhangixalus nigropunctatus, and Zhangixalus thaoae was detailed in the original publication. 

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