Biology:Zhangixalus smaragdinus
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Short description: Species of amphibian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Zhangixalus |
| Species: | Z. smaragdinus
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| Zhangixalus smaragdinus (Blyth, 1852)
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| Rhacophorus maximus range.[2][3] | |
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Zhangixalus smaragdinus (common names: Nepal flying frog, Günther's tree frog, giant treefrog, and others) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae found in southwestern China (Yunnan, Tibet), north-eastern India, Nepal, western Thailand, and northern Vietnam, and possibly in Bangladesh.[4]
Zhangixalus smaragdinus lives in lowland to submontane moist evergreen forests. It lays eggs in foam nests built above pools and ponds. Outside the breeding season it is arboreal and lives high in the canopy. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.[1]
Original description
- Annemarie Ohler; Kaushik Deuti (2018). "Polypedates smaragdinus Blyth, 1852—a senior subjective synonym of Rhacophorus maximus Günther, 1858.". Zootaxa 4375: 273–280. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4375.2.7. PMID 29689774. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29689774/. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lu Shunqing; Yang Datong; Fei Liang; Peter Paul van Dijk; Tanya Chan-ard; Saibal Sengupta; Annemarie Ohler; Sabitry Bordoloi (2004). "Rhacophorus maximus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59003A11865476. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59003A11865476.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59003/11865476.
- ↑ IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Conservation International & NatureServe. 2004. Rhacophorus maximus. In: IUCN 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. http://www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 14 July 2015.
- ↑ National Geophysical Data Center, 1999. Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation (GLOBE) v.1. Hastings, D. and P.K. Dunbar. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V52R3PMS [access date: 2015-03-16].
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Rhacophorus maximus Günther, 1858". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Rhacophorus+maximus.
Wikidata ☰ Q2700126 entry
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