Zhangixalus wui
The Lichuan tree frog (Zhangixalus wui) is a frog. It lives in China. Scientists have only seen it in one place: Hanchi Village in Hubei Province. People have seen it between 1550 and 1840 meters above sea level.[2][3][1][4]
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VU (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Zhangixalus |
| Species: | Z. wui
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| Binomial name | |
| Zhangixalus wui (Li, Liu, Chen, Wu, Murphy, Zhao, Wang, and Zhang, 2012)
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The adult male frog is about 35.2–38.2 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 48.6 mm long. This frog can be dark yellow-brown to light green in color on the back and sides. It has light brown spots that are dark yellow-brown on the edges. Frogs that live in grass tend to be greener than those that live in mud. The belly is cream-white with gray marks. The sides of the legs can be light red-white with gray marks. The insides of the back legs are white with brown spots. There are round disks on the toes for climbing.[4]
Scientists named this frog after amphibian scientist Guan-fu Wu.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Lichuan Treefrog: Zhangixalus wui". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T88095621A122177357. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T88095621A122177357.en. 88095621. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Zhangixalus wui (Li, Liu, Chen, Wu, Murphy, Zhao, Wang, and Zhang, 2012)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- ↑ "Zhangixalus wui (Li, Liu, Chen, Wu, Murphy, Zhao, Wang & Zhang, 2012)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Li J-T; Liu J; Chen Y-Y; Wu J-W; Murphy RW; Zhao E-M; Wang Y-Z; Zhang Y-P (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of treefrogs in the Rhacophorus dugritei species complex (Anura: Rhacophoridae), with descriptions of two new species". Zool J Linnean Soc (full text). 165: 143–162. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00790.x. Retrieved May 4, 2023.