Gracixalus gracilipes

Gracixalus gracilipes, commonly known as the Chapa bubble-nest frog, black eye-lidded small tree frog, yellow and black-spotted tree frog or slender-legged bush frog, is a species of shrub frog from northern Vietnam, southern China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong), and northwestern Thailand (and, presumably, also in adjacent Myanmar).[2]

Gracixalus gracilipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Gracixalus
Species:
G. gracilipes
Binomial name
Gracixalus gracilipes
(Bourret, 1937)
Synonyms

Philautus gracilipes Bourret, 1937
Chirixalus gracilipes (Bourret, 1937)
Aquixalus gracilipes (Bourret, 1937)

G. gracilipes is a small frog: males grow to about 22 mm (0.87 in) and females to about 39 mm (1.5 in) in snout-vent length.[3] It inhabits evergreen and bamboo forests. The eggs are deposited on leaves overhanging temporary forest pools; upon hatching, the tadpoles drop into the water where their development continues.[1]

References
  1. Peter Paul van Dijk; Raoul Bain; Michael Wai Neng Lau; Lu Shunqing; Yang Datong (2004). "Gracixalus gracilipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58848A11849305. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58848A11849305.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Gracixalus gracilipes (Bourret, 1937)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. pp. 254–256. ISBN 978-7-5349-1835-3.


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