Kurixalus bisacculus

Kurixalus bisacculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Subfamily: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Kurixalus
Species: K. bisacculus
Binomial name
Kurixalus bisacculus
(Taylor, 1962)
Synonyms

Rhacophorus bisacculus Taylor, 1962
Rhacophorus hainanus Zhao, Wang, and Shi, 2005

Kurixalus bisacculus (common name Taylor's tree frog and many others) is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family found in Cambodia, China (Hainan, possibly Yunnan), Laos, and Thailand, and possibly in India and Myanmar. Frogs from Hainan were formerly treated as a separate species, Rhacophorus hainanus (Hainan small treefrog).[2]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 van Dijk, P.P.; Swan, S.; Chan-ard, T.; Dutta, S.; Ao, M. & Bordoloi, S. (2004). "Kurixalus bisacculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Kurixalus bisacculus (Taylor, 1962)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 June 2013.


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