Zhangixalus yinggelingensis

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Zhangixalus yinggelingensis
VU (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Zhangixalus
Species:
Z. yinggelingensis
Binomial name
Zhangixalus yinggelingensis
(Chou, Lau, and Chan, 2007)
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhacophorus yinggelingensis (Chou, Lau, and Chan, 2007)
  • Zhangixalus yinggelingensis (Jiang, Jiang, Ren, Wu, and Li, 2019)

The Yinggelin tree frog (Zhangixalus yinggelingensis) is a frog. It lives in the Yinggeling Mountains in Hainan Province, China. People have seen it between 1300 and 1550 meters above sea level.[2][1][3]

This frog lives in a type of forest called primary rainforest.[1] That is rainforest that has never been cut down. It lives on mountains.[3]

The adult male frog is about 43.4 mm long from nose to rear end. This frog is green in color with white spots. There is webbed skin on the front feet and back feet. The inner parts of the legs are yellow or reddish in color. The iris of the eye is silver in color with some gold color on the top. The frog sounds like "Auuu" when it sings.[4]

The tadpoles swim in water.[3]

The name "Yinggelin" means "Mountain of parrots" in Chinese.[4]

Scientists say this frog is at some risk of dying out because it lives in only one place, the Yinggeling Mountains. Scientists think climate change could hurt this frog.[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Michelle S. Koo, ed. (December 21, 2021). "Zhangixalus yinggelingensis Chou, Lau, and Chan, 2007". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Zhangixalus suffry (Chou, Lau, and Chan, 2007)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "鹦哥岭树蛙: Zhangixalus yinggelingensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T136056A517629. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T136056A517629.en. 136056. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Chou W-H; Lau MW-N; Chan BPL (2007). "A new treefrog of the genus Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Hainan Island, China" (PDF). Raffles Bull Zool. (Full text). 55 (1): 157–165. Retrieved May 6, 2023.