''Hyla sanchiangensis'' (proposed common name: San Chiang tree frog) is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" '' Triadobatrachus'' is ...

in the family

Hylidae Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as " tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semiaquatic. Taxonomy and ...

. It is

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to central and southern China and known from Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi provinces. The

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is "San Chiang" () in what at present is the Wuyishan City. The

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was collected by Clifford H. Pope during the Third Asiatic Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History in 1926, and described in 1929, along with three other new amphibian species.

Description

Males measure and females in snout–vent length. The back is leaf-green in colour. There are conspicuous black markings on the sides and on the limbs. The skin is smooth. The fingers are slightly webbed whereas the toes are two-thirds webbed. The males have two largish vocal sacks. The

tadpole A tadpole is the larval stage in the biological life cycle of an amphibian. Most tadpoles are fully aquatic, though some species of amphibians have tadpoles that are terrestrial. Tadpoles have some fish-like features that may not be found ...

s grow to total length.

Habitat and conservation

''Hyla sanchiangensis'' live in hilly areas in forest and rice paddies and their vicinity. By daytime they hide inside bamboo tubes or in holes in the ground, coming out in the evening to prey on insects. They are found at elevations of

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. ''Hyla sanchiangensis'' is a common species. Habitat destruction and degradation are threats to it.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q938801 Hyla Endemic fauna of China Amphibians of China Taxa named by Clifford H. Pope Amphibians described in 1929 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot