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<collectionCode id="3963B9D9B5929A519B8AA264C7F63134" country="Jordan" name="Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Yarmouk University">YU</collectionCode>
000696,
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</named-content>
<collectionCode id="0E45995156153B3D1696380428E49AF0" country="Jordan" name="Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Yarmouk University">YU</collectionCode>
000697) and an adult female (
<named-content id="640188C25CF1D6ACEA99D3CD18C22809" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/guangxi-normal-university" xlink_title="Guangxi Normal University">
<collectionCode id="8711E2E8EEBC42400335AC3CFF2B88F6">GXNU</collectionCode>
</named-content>
<collectionCode id="075F50BF7BE2F48CEA08CA350EF797EA" country="Jordan" name="Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Yarmouk University">YU</collectionCode>
000698) collected on
<date id="D2F31504AA9A1F5B0AF99CE636B0973A" value="2023-07-11">11 July 2023</date>
by Qiumei Mo and Chunyi Pang from Yinggeling,
<collectingRegion id="1CED9275CF2E54A2DE7F38B557E86252" country="China" name="Hainan">Hainan</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="6C155BE6D75CBC7AE74DF891854FC805" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
(
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<geoCoordinate id="655DBF62A0B64DF83581159DA2345454" degrees="19" direction="north" minutes="2" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="24" value="19.039999">19 ° 2 ' 24 &quot; N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EAA1AA19A170A026C2056CB71E7779AF" degrees="109" direction="east" minutes="34" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="12" value="109.57">109 ° 34 ' 12 &quot; E</geoCoordinate>
</named-content>
, ca
<quantity id="2F6722098ED417D4C120C69E9AB8C841" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.7" unit="m" value="670.0">670 m</quantity>
a. s. l.).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EJ3AK" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="374480134684CA89FF1E233F949F1A34">
<heading id="311A3FEDC07C104D34BB149C4129743E" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="65F59F24E851ED4B120EB211CEFE2780">
The specific name
<emphasis id="1A91E9081E1035F48DCBB8ECA0750116" italics="true">qiongica</emphasis>
is derived from Qiong (琼), referring to
<collectingRegion id="F613DBACD7D3B7F2595A08401B306B45" country="China" name="Hainan">Hainan</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="FB51E4B784660DD44F553E75C7D3A5C6" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
, and meaning good and beautiful in Chinese. The specific name means that this species is very beautiful, and in
<collectingCountry id="C6957EA74B6E0F091EF0DE9C0E7617A9" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
, it is distributed in
<collectingRegion id="B6C472BDC042943BDE20B8958DE4E61B" country="China" name="Hainan">Hainan</collectingRegion>
. We suggest the English common name “
<collectingRegion id="21530474A13622AECE36F74D3EB3A105" country="China" name="Hainan">Hainan</collectingRegion>
flying frog ” and the Chinese common name “ 琼树蛙 (Qióng Shù Wā) ”.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ER3AK" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="6E6840B7549E27959BBA18BBE9DE72D5">
<heading id="9A641B3AC97DEAC8BF8919B2732B002E" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CFA301EC66AE0D5355A3D643DF91591A">
The new species is assigned to
<taxonomicName id="5BEC12C2AC6022419FC36E76C9AFA308" authorityName="Kuhl &amp; Van Hassalt" authorityYear="1822" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A7F063CB0B77B11FFD195659F7E88070" italics="true">Rhacophorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of intercalary cartilage between terminal and penultimate phalanges of digits, terminal phalanges of fingers and toes Y-shaped, the tip of the digits expanded into disks with circummarginal grooves, fingers webbed, tarsal projections present, dermal folds along the forearm and tarsus present, and a horizontal pupil (
<bibRefCitation id="65CD6981361AEF27FBCB1F9400AA16C7" DOI="10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.180058" author="Jiang" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Jiang" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Asian Herpetological Research" pagination="1-12" refId="B37" refString="Jiang DC, Jiang K, Ren JL, Wu J, Li JT (2019) Resurrection of the genus Leptomantis, with description of a new genus to the family Rhacophoridae (Amphibia: Anura). Asian Herpetological Research 10 (1): 112. https://doi.org/10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.180058" title="Resurrection of the genus Leptomantis, with description of a new genus to the family Rhacophoridae (Amphibia: Anura)." volume="10" year="2019">Jiang et al. 2019</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="135BEBA65571D5CB8DC8571813E03115" authority="Tang &amp; Xiao &amp; Liu &amp; Wang &amp; Yu &amp; Du, 2024" authorityName="Tang &amp; Xiao &amp; Liu &amp; Wang &amp; Yu &amp; Du" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="qiongica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="182F70E89F7448727685B2B563E01C9B" italics="true">Rhacophorus qiongica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="5916EB495CB49E85BEE6BC463E6967FA" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
differs from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: 1) medium body size (adult males
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EN4AK" xlink_title="snout-vent length">SVL</abbrev>
<quantity id="2C3774508199F0765673865C88BED7C6" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.6650000000000005" metricValueMax="3.8200000000000003" metricValueMin="3.5100000000000002" unit="mm" value="36.65" valueMax="38.2" valueMin="35.1">35.138.2 mm</quantity>
); 2) dorsal surface red brown; 3) entire web between fingers and toes; 4) webbing between toes purely scarlet; 5) small black blotches on flank; 6) bands on limbs distinct; 7) throat smooth; 8) absence of dermal appendage on snout tip; 9) absence of small black spots on head sides; 10) palm smooth without small tubercles; and 11) tibiotarsal articulation reaching beyond eye.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ER4AK" type="description">
<paragraph id="52AE37CA38C11EDD4F677CC6E738A94C">
<heading id="8504009BFF9D606F40910F7DB7C89D39" reason="title">
Description of
<typeStatus id="2CDD4D03750052CAC5F883511F9AF766" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D2B88D8CEB9BECA66E762DDDEF4F3A64">
Adult male, body size medium (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EX4AK" xlink_title="snout-vent length">
<collectionCode id="6E76FF084F56F35637B368C7886854E7">SVL</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="78169BB67E888F25A0C6224F2E4B7D85" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.78" unit="mm" value="37.8">37.8 mm</quantity>
); head width (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E24AK" xlink_title="head width">
<collectionCode id="961EA685794A4A17C36C61059AD93EC7">HW</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="4D72BCBA2A8591D0C14D624D601A66D8" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3199999999999998" unit="mm" value="13.2">13.2 mm</quantity>
) longer than head length (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E64AK" xlink_title="head length">HL</abbrev>
12.0 mm); snout blunt pointed, sloping in profile, protruding beyond the margin of lower jaw in ventral view; snout length (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ED5AK" xlink_title="snout length">SL</abbrev>
<quantity id="19C8F3949C1BCEE5EF54CAEF617CCDF6" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.5" unit="mm" value="5.5">5.5 mm</quantity>
) longer than diameter of eye (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EH5AK" xlink_title="diameter of eye">
<collectionCode id="BA9705E315E4E4C5F761BDDE0B4C4DE5">ED</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="6E20DFFED97C3A99082FED36A18B7C1D" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.4" unit="mm" value="4.4">4.4 mm</quantity>
); canthus rostralis distinct, curved; loreal region oblique, concave; nostril oval, lateral, slightly protuberant, slightly closer to tip of snout than to eye; internarial space (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EL5AK" xlink_title="internarial distance">
<collectionCode id="8315ECBD996CACB73ACAA5BBFCBE8234" country="USA" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15485" name="Indiana University" type="Herbarium">IND</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="3C240286C295BAE135DE0475B2508F1B" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.8" unit="mm" value="3.8">3.8 mm</quantity>
slightly smaller than interorbital distance (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EP5AK" xlink_title="interorbital distance">
<collectionCode id="75AD78C96B4A1BC92CB10CB0E029C837">IOD</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="4F46F47382657EFDE3EB59A6F745565E" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.2" unit="mm" value="4.2">4.2 mm</quantity>
), nearly equal to the width of the upper eyelid (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ET5AK" xlink_title="upper eyelid width">
<collectionCode id="F8E26ED95B51AC6924B0E07894D2AEE8">UEW</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="294902DF8CBAAE1DF9504C4103B73DAB" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.6" unit="mm" value="3.6">3.6 mm</quantity>
); pupil horizontal; pineal ocellus absent; tympanum distinct (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EX5AK" xlink_title="diameter of tympanum">
<collectionCode id="BE1E44194120D2107E2EBDDD4E11B015">TD</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="42A9034A3F3F7D62D0771780AF46F1B3" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.3" unit="mm" value="2.3">2.3 mm</quantity>
), rounded, about half eye diameter (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E25AK" xlink_title="diameter of eye">
<collectionCode id="560C842DDDD789122E15D79C276436EB">ED</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="A791B67F5537CD92972EEAAB5420F48C" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.4" unit="mm" value="4.4">4.4 mm</quantity>
); supratympanic fold narrow, flat; tongue cordiform, attached anteriorly, notably notched posteriorly; choanae oval; vomerine teeth present in two series, touching the inner front edges of the choanae; an internal single subgular vocal sac; a vocal sac opening on the floor of the mouth at each corner.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DD3DAF3C71EC1E55678F12AE80274D24">
Forelimbs thin, length of forearm and hand (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EB6AK" xlink_title="length of forearm and hand">
<collectionCode id="09BCA0061A8FD0C963E64AEE3F9B4F92" country="USA" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14895" name="Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington" type="Herbarium">FHL</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="946F826A10D5CB93CC94B12A1FBB45BF" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8199999999999998" unit="mm" value="18.2">18.2 mm</quantity>
) is about half snout-vent length; relative length of fingers I &lt;II &lt;IV &lt;III; tips of all fingers expand into discs with circummarginal and transverse ventral grooves, disc of finger I smaller than discs of other fingers; entire web between fingers, webbing formula: I 22 II 1 1.5 III 1 1 IV; subarticular tubercles rounded and prominent, formula 1, 1, 2, 2, proximal one smaller than distal one on the third and fourth fingers; supernumerary tubercles below the base of finger absent; metacarpal tubercle single, inner, oval and prominent (Fig.
<figureCitation id="80986E26EF0C87010199EB745180223B" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of the holotype of R. qiongica sp. nov. (a c) in preservative and ventral views of its hand (d) and foot (e)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.118879.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1053295">7</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8822BBA4DD05CAB9FD8B42D0004A8632">
Hindlimbs slender and long, heels overlapping when legs at right angle to body, tibiotarsal articulation reaching beyond eye; tibia length (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EL6AK" xlink_title="tibia length">TL</abbrev>
<quantity id="D45A4EA41EB5AF52879BC555BB52B9A8" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.86" unit="mm" value="18.6">18.6 mm</quantity>
) nearly equal to length of forearm and hand (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EP6AK" xlink_title="length of forearm and hand">
<collectionCode id="5628F0AE5A69006FFA37FDB5702BA00A" country="USA" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14895" name="Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington" type="Herbarium">FHL</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="5AAFEC74F33F9A51304F59D81191211F" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8199999999999998" unit="mm" value="18.2">18.2 mm</quantity>
), longer than foot length (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ET6AK" xlink_title="and foot length">
<collectionCode id="F97464F6748F46EB4005C663CE8AC88A">FL</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="B9B017024AA845D76DB500196FBF25A1" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.67" unit="mm" value="16.7">16.7 mm</quantity>
), and shorter than length of tarsus and foot (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EX6AK" xlink_title="length of tarsus and foot">
<collectionCode id="F941E23E40132E88DB492BF0E70D043B">TFL</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="B69CDDD04C6958EB33ECEC7FB51AE4E8" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.56" unit="mm" value="25.6">25.6 mm</quantity>
); relative length of toes I &lt;II &lt;III &lt;
<collectionCode id="FC1E7482FB393B4133BEAB4055D24AD7" country="Canada" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13946" name="Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium" type="Museum">V</collectionCode>
&lt;IV; tips of all toes expanded into discs with circummarginal and transverse ventral grooves; entire web between toes, webbing formula I 11 II 1 1 III 1 1 IV 1 1
<collectionCode id="389C096F5AFFA5623EB570A4EABCF4B2" country="Canada" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13946" name="Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium" type="Museum">V</collectionCode>
; subarticular tubercles rounded and prominent, formula 1, 1, 2, 3, 2; supernumerary tubercles absent; single inner metatarsal tubercle, oval (Fig.
<figureCitation id="2900F7ECD9AAC11A2034C838CF1C0E94" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of the holotype of R. qiongica sp. nov. (a c) in preservative and ventral views of its hand (d) and foot (e)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.118879.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1053295">7</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="98BCF6F00D5D9E3F9C608AD774E3C6F9">
Dorsal skin smooth with very fine granules; throat and ventral surface of forelimbs smooth; chest, belly, and ventral surface of thighs granular (Figs
<figureCitation id="E750AE3AF433E5203B47E7F589B5F72E" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Lateral, dorsal, and ventral views of the holotype of R. qiongica sp. nov. (GXNU YU 000691) in life." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.118879.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1053294">6</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="229A509F814325867186295121DE5711" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of the holotype of R. qiongica sp. nov. (a c) in preservative and ventral views of its hand (d) and foot (e)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.118879.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1053295">7</figureCitation>
); dermal folds on forearm, tarsus, heels, and vent present.
</paragraph>
<caption id="C3FDE95FE8D510F0195F0DB9DDA67AA1" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.100.118879.figure6" ID-arpha="645C0FDD-881B-5EDA-B7D7-783021E3F417" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1053294" startId="F6">
<paragraph id="8F4F6EA9E4C4D98953EEAB713D03EF25">
<label id="89248DA5BD061E6728AA57FCF1024299">Figure 6.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2A779F83E57FDB11D3472380ED59D37C">
Lateral, dorsal, and ventral views of the holotype of
<taxonomicName id="A53517CB0D5604B570ABD914FA9B206C" authority="Tang &amp; Xiao &amp; Liu &amp; Wang &amp; Yu &amp; Du, 2024" authorityName="Tang &amp; Xiao &amp; Liu &amp; Wang &amp; Yu &amp; Du" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="qiongica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C7DF3C3209B8782393603FA35BA0791B" italics="true">R. qiongica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D9EAC51214753A3B3C49968DB8FF8EEA" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<named-content id="8278B4D23740D9CE8C66236634DF140E" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/guangxi-normal-university" xlink_title="Guangxi Normal University">GXNU</named-content>
YU 000691) in life.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="11DA431CA5986B302DD7E3CE78E71B1B" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.100.118879.figure7" ID-arpha="77839B40-4B74-52D3-903E-E2F5AF3F81C1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1053295" startId="F7">
<paragraph id="439976A51F4068D53CA93C9247490E9C">
<label id="2D6907372DA1C5A4EA613F618589B856">Figure 7.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A11A56515FA0FA970A6940A37683693A">
Dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of the holotype of
<taxonomicName id="A7B36480B46B54CE33FA4698673A8423" authority="Tang &amp; Xiao &amp; Liu &amp; Wang &amp; Yu &amp; Du, 2024" authorityName="Tang &amp; Xiao &amp; Liu &amp; Wang &amp; Yu &amp; Du" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="qiongica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="FD260E2409AF10F50853E1640D28CE2A" italics="true">R. qiongica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BA3E910AD6F50942FCCDD7040C7BB86B" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<emphasis id="39812D3DC2E4437C837F4E21E2C351B4" bold="true">a c</emphasis>
) in preservative and ventral views of its hand (
<emphasis id="F307DEBA9246DA52D0F650F8A127EE41" bold="true">d</emphasis>
) and foot (
<emphasis id="A14C540C9BABFDB8E4929DCA4973CFFC" bold="true">e</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EDCBK" type="Coloration in life">
<paragraph id="26B37A5FB3ABC3D62D48A3CF6B1C4967">
<heading id="81A5D3F8550A58118A7210DAA7E3651B" reason="title">Coloration in life.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="032CE599E5056404662F0CE916688848">Iris light brown; dorsal surface red brown, mottled with two discontinued rows of dark patches and scattered with small black spots on dorsum; dark brown bands and small black spots on dorsal surface of limbs; upper part of flank orange red and lower part of flank orange yellow, scattered with a few small black blotches; skin of ventral surface semi-transparent, mottled with orange yellow on throat and belly; ventral, anterior, and posterior surfaces of limbs orange yellow; discs of fingers and dorsal surface of fingers I III orange yellow; discs of toes and toes I IV red; web between fingers yellow, mottled with red; web between toes completely red.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EICBK" type="Color of holotype in preservative">
<paragraph id="B25FE38EFCD299E2954FF1DD0C484222">
<heading id="F115969A4C42E2086E7D4FA690191D86" reason="title">
Color of
<typeStatus id="3727892C342F33FEC9687052F3A72981" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
in preservative.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="378681140E0B1FA4AD2B944FEDC7C18E">The color faded, but the pattern remained the same as in life. Dorsal surface brown, with dark patches and spots; dorsal side of limbs barred with dark brown; throat, chest, belly, webbing, ventral surface of limbs, and anterior and posterior parts of thighs faded to yellowish; a few small black blotches on flank.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ENCBK" type="Sexual dimorphism">
<paragraph id="6C77AD96499681D0C3FE5FBD63DEFF2B">
<heading id="8CEDD90FE73B70BF0041601C2AB527D9" reason="title">Sexual dimorphism.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="267951DED7E8DBEF13C6B578C2BA9A8F">The body size of males is smaller than that of female; adult males have an internal single subgular vocal sac with a pair of slit-like openings on the floor of the mouth at each corner. Additionally, adult males have a milk-white nuptial pad on the inner side of the base of finger I.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ESCBK" type="Morphological variation">
<paragraph id="22B9C43721EE898A8E3D467A979CDEC6">
<heading id="4B25861F5634089C78D111C0939AAABF" reason="title">Morphological variation.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="81F1F1A797E6405E8AD68702FB8FF243">
The number of small black spots on the flank varied among specimens. The
<typeStatus id="D2B42AD3D0137608A98355F36F1FF37A" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
<named-content id="322C5993797F2FBF6BC2D6A7C7AB0C7D" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/guangxi-normal-university" xlink_title="Guangxi Normal University">
<collectionCode id="BBDD144FD9D4E2E4CD318585EEC4C201">GXNU</collectionCode>
</named-content>
<collectionCode id="63A86D53F422A7FD4AE0D11F756E5011" country="Jordan" name="Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Yarmouk University">YU</collectionCode>
000691 and
<specimenCount id="2654E1EBED255216DD05CD308FB21E69" count="2" type="generic" typeStatus="paratype">two paratypes</specimenCount>
(
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000698 and
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<collectionCode id="19CB61992D363907EE54A466829A1133">GXNU</collectionCode>
</named-content>
HN 110502) have multiple small black spots on flank;
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<collectionCode id="E1B3658A60A7005D626B1469DC2F432D">GXNU</collectionCode>
</named-content>
<collectionCode id="72313829FF6860D2C0152677685E1E8B" country="Jordan" name="Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Yarmouk University">YU</collectionCode>
000690 and
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<collectionCode id="438ED2DFA35442A78E16CCE63BA35DBB">GXNU</collectionCode>
</named-content>
<collectionCode id="992DF361FDD4BA740EFE8F53EF99AD96" country="Jordan" name="Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Yarmouk University">YU</collectionCode>
000697 have no black spots on flank; and
<typeStatus id="727C3E1F8A267EE6952168D9325B1674" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
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<collectionCode id="7C6DB230094384E59DFDB960973A3362">GXNU</collectionCode>
</named-content>
<collectionCode id="C98C1CAE54BD73C0C678DE56943DC565" country="Jordan" name="Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Yarmouk University">YU</collectionCode>
000693 and
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<collectionCode id="10AC60602EE07EC8C052B0E354C5FF3C">GXNU</collectionCode>
</named-content>
<collectionCode id="A298A279550EFBD187102C4FF1525812" country="Jordan" name="Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Yarmouk University">YU</collectionCode>
000696 have two small black spots on flank (Fig.
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). Additionally, dorsal color pattern also varied among specimens, as the
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</named-content>
<collectionCode id="D1A32D51049B8407679E151291EDDEA5" country="Jordan" name="Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Yarmouk University">YU</collectionCode>
000696 and
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</named-content>
<collectionCode id="67C256BA30033FDDF04D75D1F7144009" country="Jordan" name="Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Yarmouk University">YU</collectionCode>
000698 have yellowish-brown blotches on dorsal surfaces of the body and limbs (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="AB38F5EC6F73DA7F6BDBD38C41A06780">
<label id="9679EEF029AB09563B26C5311D51EEFB">Figure 8.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E4E83EC5AE32AAD6566A3697C73DCF9B">
Variation of black spots on flank among paratypes of
<taxonomicName id="153FF61FF1F26F34ECC3757228E8C6CF" authority="Tang &amp; Xiao &amp; Liu &amp; Wang &amp; Yu &amp; Du, 2024" authorityName="Tang &amp; Xiao &amp; Liu &amp; Wang &amp; Yu &amp; Du" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="qiongica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="EBDD543AFBB736A6AB8F925ABC868D02" italics="true">R. qiongica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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from Hainan, China.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="1CAE6D9842CF368819E1631AA7DEBB50">
<label id="314391D2D6ED419143B14126A55134E3">Figure 9.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9587B5CB4410CDC5DA66759A574186EE">
Dorsal view of paratypes
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YU 000696 (
<emphasis id="ED6ABC3C9E51C69D08CDB291750397F6" bold="true">a</emphasis>
) and
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YU 000698 (
<emphasis id="FDA7DB12EC553250A6DF6E1A6CF25D20" bold="true">b</emphasis>
) in life.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EVFBK" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="CED891CB922DFEEA40B261C12F868A9B">
<heading id="FC24A9D421E6604EF17AFCDF4869EABB" reason="title">Distribution and ecology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="81559D1361B5AFC44902FC897AD20BFE">
The species is distributed in
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,
<collectingCountry id="6E5EEC7F814D5936772B38415BBD4B86" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
and
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,
<collectingCountry id="B3F8FEC74EFC52845D95264826280E6F" name="Vietnam">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
. In Hainan, the species was found usually in shrubs and small arbors at elevations ranging from
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(
<bibRefCitation id="DD31C21FE83EE13E5E64F596BC973D8D" author="Shi" firstAuthor="Shi" refId="B67" refString="Shi HT (2011) The Amphibia and Reptillia Fauna of Hainan. Science Press, Beijing, China." year="2011">Shi 2011</bibRefCitation>
; as
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<emphasis id="156D4A0C5DBB26602CB4469E33183EE7" italics="true">R. rhodopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and called from 19: 00 to 03: 00 every night during the breeding season (from May to July), with a peak at about 22: 00 (
<bibRefCitation id="12FC7F6BF0BAF4196989177C1333276A" author="Sun" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Sun" issue="6" journalOrPublisher="Shengtaixue Zazhi" pagination="1672-1677" refId="B70" refString="Sun ZX, Wang TL, Zhu BC, Wang JC (2017) Calls characteristics and temporal rhythm of calling behavior of Rhacophorus rhodopus in the breeding season. Shengtaixue Zazhi 36 (6): 16721677." title="Calls characteristics and temporal rhythm of calling behavior of Rhacophorus rhodopus in the breeding season." volume="36" year="2017">Sun et al. 2017</bibRefCitation>
; as
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<emphasis id="FB612E3D388FAEA452F07EDD96690CC7" italics="true">R. rhodopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The
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in this study were found in roadside bushes ca.
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above the ground (Fig.
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). There were temporary puddles under the bushes, and there is a lake (Tianchi) and a stream nearby the road in the
<typeStatus id="11CC49C4837B537C59A13600D6FB20C9">type</typeStatus>
locality.
<taxonomicName id="FD64EFDEA5937D142BFC84BE34EDE1FC" authority="Boulenger, 1893" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1893" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Chirixalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="doriae">
<emphasis id="871B9B0415154C184E5635E1B336930B" italics="true">Chirixalus doriae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="3133A7D69755F5FAA28DAA1CE6D5C8DC" author="Boulenger GA" refId="B9" refString="Boulenger GA (1893) Concluding report on the reptiles and batrachians obtained in Burma by Signor L. Fea dealing with the collection made in Pegu and the Karin Hills in 1887 - 88. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Serie 2) 13: 304 - 347." year="1893">Boulenger, 1893</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="6D77D2175E4825C2D7C62591AFA8A49A" italics="true">Kurixalus hainanus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="385A6DE833E595478F8983C8911AE821" author="Zhao EM &amp; Wang LJ &amp; Shi HT &amp; Wu GF &amp; Zhao H" journalOrPublisher="Sichuan Journal of Zoology" pagination="297-300" refId="B81" refString="Zhao EM, Wang LJ, Shi HT, Wu GF, Zhao H (2005) Chinese rhacophorid frogs and description of a new species of Rhacophorus. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 24: 297 - 300." title="Chinese rhacophorid frogs and description of a new species of Rhacophorus." volume="24" year="2005">Zhao, Wang &amp; Shi, 2005</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="07F0866A8E01AD9E41FE4D2C6A6348A4" authority="Hallowell, 1861" authorityName="Hallowell" authorityYear="1861" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Polypedates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megacephalus">
<emphasis id="6D57151AC3CCEE0EE73CA9D505C21892" italics="true">Polypedates megacephalus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="490A33E4165A5076D75528ADACCD4023" author="Hallowell E" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia" pagination="480-510" refId="B31" refString="Hallowell E (1861) Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under command of Capt. John Rogers, U. S. N. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 480 - 510." title="Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under command of Capt. John Rogers, U. S. N." volume="12" year="1861">Hallowell, 1861</bibRefCitation>
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were also found in sympatry at the
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locality.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1BCA0D6FB4316A2AF53D111708EC4D1B">
<label id="67CF39696278F1AE84447CC4AAB1CC6C">Figure 10.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BBC8640930FDC7F8A62402657DC933BD">
Habitat of
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<emphasis id="004144F3ADACC54F2DDB85B8A63ABE2A" italics="true">R. qiongica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="74301CA23A25579699E86D33C0C2E1E9" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
at the type locality.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EWIBK" type="comparisons">
<paragraph id="39CFFA3A7B11E3B0867143C9EBBB86E4">
<heading id="43B195C734B4F86803CDE9BB6AB5ACF1" reason="title">Comparisons.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A71387FCEB00DAC1B6BE6907F9C04A10">
Currently, there are three known species in the
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<emphasis id="4972ACBB1427D7C0017549CF8D858A05" italics="true">R. rhodopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="AA77DD081541344976CCC15E171585FB" italics="true">R. bipunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complexes, namely
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<emphasis id="FCAA80EF60BAFAD297E3B2E8F5966821" italics="true">R. bipunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="83F2F102067009C60CBFB3180BE11FA7" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="napoensis">
<emphasis id="A476CC310619A0796EF7DD9F9D463706" italics="true">R. napoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="42865D1B1DB46C4E66DC7FB45FE6D8D3" authorityName="Liu &amp; Hu" authorityYear="1960" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rhodopus">
<emphasis id="0ADE5DBC3FBAE72661CE8BF44A0D5A25" italics="true">R. rhodopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The new species differs from
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<emphasis id="72FA95FE25F58CB067F2625DD60805E4" italics="true">R. bipunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by smaller body size (male
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5KBK" xlink_title="snout-vent length">SVL</abbrev>
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, n = 8 vs.
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, n = 28; Table
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), dorsal surface red brown (vs. green; Fig.
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), spots on flanks small (vs. large; Fig.
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), bands on limbs distinct (vs. indistinct), and throat smooth (vs. granular;
<bibRefCitation id="09CA131148908AA55FA5760954C936B8" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.1653.1.1" author="Bordoloi" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Bordoloi" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="1-20" refId="B7" refString="Bordoloi S, Bortamuli T, Ohler A (2007) Systematics of the genus Rhacophorus (Amphibia, Anura): Identity of red-webbed forms and description of a new species from Assam. Zootaxa 1653 (1): 120. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1653.1.1" title="Systematics of the genus Rhacophorus (Amphibia, Anura): Identity of red-webbed forms and description of a new species from Assam." volume="1653" year="2007">Bordoloi et al. 2007</bibRefCitation>
); from
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<emphasis id="D73782CF48717597D21F7169C106EB19" italics="true">R. napoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by smaller body size (male
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4LBK" xlink_title="snout-vent length">SVL</abbrev>
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[37.1 ± 1.3, n = 8] vs.
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[41.3 ± 1.8, n = 5]), snout pointed without dermal appendage on tip (vs. snout pointed with a dermal appendage on tip; Fig.
<figureCitation id="7CC165492F2F841F13E751CD3848CE36" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Dorsal (a. BMNH 1872.4. 17.127, lectophoront from Khasi Hills, India) and lateral (b. CAS 229893, collected from Putao, Kachin State, Myanmar) views of R. bipunctatus, throat (c) and lateral view (d) of R. napoensis (GXNU YU 000170), and throat (e) and lateral view (f) of R. qiongica sp. nov. (GXNU YU 000693). The images of a and b were reproduced from Bordoloi et al. (2007) and Wilkinson et al. (2005), respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.118879.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1053300">11</figureCitation>
), black spots on flanks small (vs. large; Fig.
<figureCitation id="89B0ED24F87F6F89568DE0EDE1EC5005" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Dorsal (a. BMNH 1872.4. 17.127, lectophoront from Khasi Hills, India) and lateral (b. CAS 229893, collected from Putao, Kachin State, Myanmar) views of R. bipunctatus, throat (c) and lateral view (d) of R. napoensis (GXNU YU 000170), and throat (e) and lateral view (f) of R. qiongica sp. nov. (GXNU YU 000693). The images of a and b were reproduced from Bordoloi et al. (2007) and Wilkinson et al. (2005), respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.118879.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1053300">11</figureCitation>
), and throat smooth (vs. granular; Fig.
<figureCitation id="E176FC850E57F7187FB6E768CE4542AC" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Dorsal (a. BMNH 1872.4. 17.127, lectophoront from Khasi Hills, India) and lateral (b. CAS 229893, collected from Putao, Kachin State, Myanmar) views of R. bipunctatus, throat (c) and lateral view (d) of R. napoensis (GXNU YU 000170), and throat (e) and lateral view (f) of R. qiongica sp. nov. (GXNU YU 000693). The images of a and b were reproduced from Bordoloi et al. (2007) and Wilkinson et al. (2005), respectively." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.118879.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1053300">11</figureCitation>
); and from
<taxonomicName id="EA148AC2837967A553403129BE3C813D" authorityName="Liu &amp; Hu" authorityYear="1960" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rhodopus">
<emphasis id="1B3B572B28B69AF101F9D85B9DFFAFFC" italics="true">R. rhodopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Clade C) by black spots on axillar and flanks small (vs. usually large), absence of small black spots on head sides (vs. present; Fig.
<figureCitation id="0944BCE35BA796B569C3FFF12AECAD86" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Head side and ventral surface of the hand of R. rhodopus (a, b. GXNU YU 090186) and R. qiongica sp. nov. (c, d. GXNU YU 000693)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.118879.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1053301">12</figureCitation>
), palm smooth without small tubercles (vs. palm rough with rows of small tubercles; Fig.
<figureCitation id="E770B16F97E39353D73F1AA8F12C3EF3" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Head side and ventral surface of the hand of R. rhodopus (a, b. GXNU YU 090186) and R. qiongica sp. nov. (c, d. GXNU YU 000693)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.118879.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1053301">12</figureCitation>
), smaller tympanum, wider upper eyelid, larger distance between nostril and eye (Table
<tableCitation id="AE2B8C1A5555317917417510E8D2BA39" captionStart="Table 4" captionStartId="T4" captionText="Table 4. Results of the t-test between male specimens of Rhacophorus qiongica sp. nov. and R. rhodopus based on the size-adjusted data except SVL." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/5D933FF4BEE41732C39F94720A3F6EBB" tableUuid="5D933FF4BEE41732C39F94720A3F6EBB">4</tableCitation>
), and tibiotarsal articulation reaching beyond eye (vs. tibiotarsal articulation reaching eye).
</paragraph>
<caption id="6FA664C7236C9C643D0D36A3117DA08A" ID-Table-UUID="6FA664C7236C9C643D0D36A3117DA08A" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/6FA664C7236C9C643D0D36A3117DA08A" startId="T7">
<paragraph id="F4BA9BBB0198CD4C781C2BC76482E36C">
<label id="8BCA9AA26FD2D15E249F07C45720B335">Table 7.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="50B43A9AC0C5A6FBB7090191347827BA">
Morphological comparison between the new species and members of
<taxonomicName id="47BEFF926BEF3B1756C774B680F3FB15" authorityName="Liu &amp; Hu" authorityYear="1960" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rhodopus">
<emphasis id="8624F896F4591E8A5BE5709C2838A3BD" italics="true">Rhacophorus rhodopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="75A4BDA399568C3DB51A8A2501DBE24B" authorityName="Ahl" authorityYear="1927" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bipunctatus">
<emphasis id="B0A1D6C9D28E89229A1B1990907F7D9B" italics="true">R. bipunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complexes. Characters are: ① dorsal color: 0 = brown, 1 = green; ② black spots on flank: 0 = small, 1 = large; ③ bands on limbs: 0 = distinct, 1 = indistinct; ④ throat: 0 = smooth, 1 = granular; ⑤ snout: 0 = pointed without appendage on tip, 1 = pointed with appendage on tip; ⑥ black spots on head side: 0 = absent, 1 = present; ⑦ palm: 0 = smooth without tubercles, 1 = rough with tubercles; ⑧ tibiotarsal articulation: 0 = reaching beyond eye, 1 = reaching eye. “? ” means unknown.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="6C9AD837C17A3438D8502F8FA5ACBAB5">
<table id="TID0E5VCK" rules="all">
<tbody id="EF02EE89048203CE312332C5BAAAE846">
<tr id="D9F280EEA1A1CEF46EFCD8DC33D7C45F">
<th id="0C3C456F33E23C949EC7D9D7DB235BE0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Species</th>
<th id="EB064D1C9D4DD584A6116E99C620FE29" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
Male
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPOBK" xlink_title="snout-vent length">SVL</abbrev>
</th>
<th id="91CDC15DF1DA2DDAF08BD485F88B7EF8" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></th>
<th id="039B4A6B1930FEFC61DAF9630F9029FA" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></th>
<th id="686819EE9B97BC618DE7BD5B6FF04B53" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></th>
<th id="222BDC7B66532925419A7A8B18FDF516" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></th>
<th id="3A67474F9E7B60539507023E27A382E6" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></th>
<th id="2A60DF17405B5E7F65D9F13905E7B9EC" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></th>
<th id="35D48B3033F1F4B8992329D6DC41600B" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></th>
<th id="2B21150196FF7595F49D7CE5C427A804" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></th>
</tr>
<tr id="2A944A152E31968592F2714A12F2BD41">
<td id="9CF962785FE6F0E14683ED89C7BF4AE0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="1DEEECF7AD72B74A606A8233AF049FB6" authority="Tang &amp; Xiao &amp; Liu &amp; Wang &amp; Yu &amp; Du, 2024" authorityName="Tang &amp; Xiao &amp; Liu &amp; Wang &amp; Yu &amp; Du" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="qiongica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="69D33BD5A8CB8B76FD38C4EF01881427" italics="true">R. qiongica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="48B92D78E715321C6CDBC4528E12D5BD" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</td>
<td id="5DD61506DA7CF1289B5C156FAD2F315A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">35.138.2 (37.1 ± 1.3, n = 8)</td>
<td id="BFC4673EB6206AC1B4D9381B5BB3A6C4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="BC749E267672119B8CEE1CED617E4A15" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="008E20C45A0A505628CB1AF7ECBF6469" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="BFD99E39AF716B97E10E784CC3F8A635" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="168492A5BE4DA36564BAD3AC48B72523" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="60413D7DF5A5C8A0E20B985FE34AF4E6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="6249D93E0AC5824D778456D774136954" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="F3728ED1CE75B8CA81CC84B97975BEC8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="762E88F86DC4DC58FC13EF75D7810E75">
<td id="E840F36E49D024735C5C5071FA2483BC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="BB7C3592F60096601A5B44701A3DDA83" authorityName="Liu &amp; Hu" authorityYear="1960" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rhodopus">
<emphasis id="4F3BF9795ABC6352767E45CE73C18D91" italics="true">R. rhodopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="2894F66AED027B8BCDB15A693041C35B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">33.138.7 (35.3 ± 2.3, n = 6)</td>
<td id="2D25D71BD27759B3A87C873733357CEE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="9C49A2FA0478064EFAA96ED97D8EB7E5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="07E969147EFD190EFEE96CCA1CFE288E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="06DB3C3BD69D12A8ECF918820DF4B180" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="45C9EC78C3A71D2ADD690442A44FB685" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="AE1F8B945C2EEEA3499D6DCE395B2EE9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="8BFC050364BDC0FF5E534FF3CE97D0AC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="BEB2CEE1328E9F15FEBCBAC3B3D199AB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2DECBE3C5276AEE018D5595E0B50B20E">
<td id="D65270BCCE76772824BE18978AB424D6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="120B57AE96719E420353123FA7551A7A" authorityName="Ahl" authorityYear="1927" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bipunctatus">
<emphasis id="BA182908A2A74802F19488F4116B89D4" italics="true">R. bipunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="754D011A680074C896FEFBFA6E41F410" colspan="1" rowspan="1">37.850.4 (n = 28)</td>
<td id="539AF222FC937AA4A097C3BD4F22E2A4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="43382682EC822859184765BEF7621711" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="20B0B26B9E7721BEDA94B1FFF59132CB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="BB0E851E0E860BA3992618DD6E69A6CB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="09DB743E93079C44B171CEAE13CC4FCF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="74C84F4DFBD5B860EC37BCC709BFB6B0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="3F2F6FB937378DCF9B85F7C73299615A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="7DF4CA21F1802756F0B097600C999212" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B9A87F1679AF9B950FFC31CEA57D411D">
<td id="172521C17CE9E82FC932B6D3718103B6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="A2B068ED0889A90FEA8A0A6CE65123E0" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="napoensis">
<emphasis id="B424992B98CB269C2532305EDBB0A6E7" italics="true">R. napoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="0AC3C495166F3C1497A21956ED20E3D8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">39.744.2 (41.3 ± 1.8, n = 5)</td>
<td id="879BE1849B874CACB4509EA41DAE3E0D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="6A4AA1626095D2D062EB33D86CFEB712" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="0E96431F7AC1F606068642A8F849C18C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="53DCB26F98DA0F0F7B11BA698C83F0B5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="80308792373321738B07896CC58CF3C8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="015BFDF60D743F0FAB2156FA27B092E1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="54E9DB416A0E089341A2F3EAFED9666D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="A4433D2B8AC9E329629446E5AB5ED7C3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption id="85413EBAD4900A48A29F8ACCDB933876" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.100.118879.figure11" ID-arpha="D6E497DD-CA75-5B9A-9BDD-B0EE5CAA4868" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1053300" startId="F11">
<paragraph id="236E12675B60AC9F7FE395D4EE4B75B3">
<label id="26E8D0A209FC082126799A782E9D3080">Figure 11.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="317A2DAF1F6D419AD44CCADF2A54D944">
Dorsal (
<emphasis id="ACD92B37CD7482EF87A5F0A0DBE40952" bold="true">a.</emphasis>
BMNH 1872.4. 17.127, lectophoront from Khasi Hills, India) and lateral (
<emphasis id="22C6AFFDB2E67BD9ADD191E411F7DA38" bold="true">b.</emphasis>
CAS 229893, collected from Putao, Kachin State, Myanmar) views of
<taxonomicName id="C0DE8B73C75630B6952FA3AEF593A510" authorityName="Ahl" authorityYear="1927" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bipunctatus">
<emphasis id="254FEEDF5D8B3D19E24F72A616895C6B" italics="true">R. bipunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, throat (
<emphasis id="597A8DC5798E107F4CB5049D5906F437" bold="true">c</emphasis>
) and lateral view (
<emphasis id="EA6AA6B4022644E1D665582359119771" bold="true">d</emphasis>
) of
<taxonomicName id="DCA1096C90B48F1060B13F4C84FF3D2B" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="napoensis">
<emphasis id="EE56EED4CDEFB4B4B9320E51E24EBDC9" italics="true">R. napoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<named-content id="5B1F787683CBCB6C1F0717FCB7AEB8AC" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/guangxi-normal-university" xlink_title="Guangxi Normal University">GXNU</named-content>
YU 000170), and throat (
<emphasis id="726F73194B8299E6D1FE783B68BBBF68" bold="true">e</emphasis>
) and lateral view (
<emphasis id="D2F87049C21414325623DBF4BA48E94C" bold="true">f</emphasis>
) of
<taxonomicName id="B2123E52E9F1F54A8273BDFE62118374" authority="Tang &amp; Xiao &amp; Liu &amp; Wang &amp; Yu &amp; Du, 2024" authorityName="Tang &amp; Xiao &amp; Liu &amp; Wang &amp; Yu &amp; Du" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="qiongica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="2A10C600F26530A75E5D96C4D096DC1C" italics="true">R. qiongica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="34784FBDDFB0F200CEC9322119D58DBA" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<named-content id="E973B0CF01CAC607F3F986E6BE5F9302" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/guangxi-normal-university" xlink_title="Guangxi Normal University">GXNU</named-content>
YU 000693). The images of
<emphasis id="AEBEC797C8D93CD4F5AE691A2017A026" bold="true">a</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="7DE8B1824F8B2221924E259C48D49D84" bold="true">b</emphasis>
were reproduced from
<bibRefCitation id="6CC5A1F07EE4591A4C1D349F2DB7B438" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.1653.1.1" author="Bordoloi S &amp; Bortamuli T &amp; Ohler A" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Bordoloi" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="1-20" refId="B7" refString="Bordoloi S, Bortamuli T, Ohler A (2007) Systematics of the genus Rhacophorus (Amphibia, Anura): Identity of red-webbed forms and description of a new species from Assam. Zootaxa 1653 (1): 120. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1653.1.1" title="Systematics of the genus Rhacophorus (Amphibia, Anura): Identity of red-webbed forms and description of a new species from Assam." volume="1653" year="2007">Bordoloi et al. (2007)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="E137ECE02EFC8DB703F073CC8443B8FA" author="Wilkinson JA &amp; Thin T &amp; Lwin KS &amp; Shein AK" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Wilkinson" issue="4" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences" pagination="42-52" refId="B75" refString="Wilkinson JA, Thin T, Lwin KS, Shein AK (2005) A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Myanmar (Burma). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56 (4): 4252." title="A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Myanmar (Burma)." volume="56" year="2005">Wilkinson et al. (2005)</bibRefCitation>
, respectively.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="6C8C81F6431FDA8FA06EA7C5DA4F6C99" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.100.118879.figure12" ID-arpha="620AEE5C-CEA4-5F17-88BE-4DD7CF43F6A6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1053301" startId="F12">
<paragraph id="F7B328EAD791ABBC28E3EE5D955920F5">
<label id="48BE338F93B86B635241FA00A976791C">Figure 12.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="545B5A7F2C238A6239F67357042FE499">
Head side and ventral surface of the hand of
<taxonomicName id="DD55D90D28FEA623DC27B692A4F68C7B" authorityName="Liu &amp; Hu" authorityYear="1960" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rhodopus">
<emphasis id="FDABDCB65CC8CA6959B8165545966F89" italics="true">R. rhodopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="3960BEE3AA9431785B599E75F63BC009" bold="true">a, b.</emphasis>
<named-content id="D2CD9416EEFCDC8B9B260B51BBA443DE" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/guangxi-normal-university" xlink_title="Guangxi Normal University">GXNU</named-content>
YU 090186) and
<taxonomicName id="874C2B784D7160BF7962E61FC8E245B8" authority="Tang &amp; Xiao &amp; Liu &amp; Wang &amp; Yu &amp; Du, 2024" authorityName="Tang &amp; Xiao &amp; Liu &amp; Wang &amp; Yu &amp; Du" authorityYear="2024" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="qiongica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="83C58B3671F3B4549B018DC6D242C2CC" italics="true">R. qiongica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2CAB3B4961E6E3089EAF621A334B0B8D" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<emphasis id="200E658C8368626E42B99C4397666E2B" bold="true">c, d.</emphasis>
<named-content id="98DDB024EDFB26890D03A97F1DA1E473" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/guangxi-normal-university" xlink_title="Guangxi Normal University">GXNU</named-content>
YU 000693).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="F5E2F4731B20C80A8D4426627067A8DE">
Both the present and previous phylogenetic analyses revealed that
<taxonomicName id="3FBFA7B49EFEFAAE090ACC3BBACFAD56" authorityName="Chan &amp; Grismer" authorityYear="2010" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="norhayatiae">
<emphasis id="D6715AEDC050A6D0C4C892BCADD399D0" italics="true">R. norhayatiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4EB9C33BDDEEC8B0B7D3BD4D2A99B44C" baseAuthorityName="Schlegel" baseAuthorityYear="1840" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="reinwardtii">
<emphasis id="C8AC6BC6B1520A5539AF9C8B20070051" italics="true">R. reinwardtii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C71D2E7EDD3281CA4F7A80278F12143A" authorityName="Ohler &amp; Delorme" authorityYear="2006" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kio">
<emphasis id="BC01832266721DE1155121CE80510CB2" italics="true">R. kio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="95BCCCDC89DF7AD76CDD4D4B2C7C5CAF" authorityName="Matsui, Shimada &amp; Sudin" authorityYear="2013" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="borneensis">
<emphasis id="B4C4DBE66C08CB4013D158E7DD57F4D6" italics="true">R. borneensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="199A69278A6011E570915A952F780B22" authorityName="Rowley, Tran, Hoang &amp; Le" authorityYear="2012" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="helenae">
<emphasis id="F0A541ADFEF77C6FCFDC00F9C3539324" italics="true">R. helenae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are imbedded in the
<taxonomicName id="FA5D46C852914F072C40FA99A4F8CB94" authorityName="Liu &amp; Hu" authorityYear="1960" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rhodopus">
<emphasis id="C8F3B653A33404C0974B5C5BE480D9C6" italics="true">R. rhodopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="96F2DB39753C5E66A24FAEBE0678B240" authorityName="Ahl" authorityYear="1927" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bipunctatus">
<emphasis id="935C224F1ECFAB9BB2705BF144319240" italics="true">R. bipunctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complexes. The new species can be easily distinguished from these five species by the dorsal surface being red brown (vs. green) and the web between toes being red with no black pigmentation (vs. black pigmentation present).
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