''Zhangixalus hui'' is a species of
frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...
in the family
Rhacophoridae
The Rhacophoridae are a family of frogs in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, South India and Sri Lanka, Japan, northeastern India to eastern China and Taiwan, south through the Philippines and Greater Sundas, and Sulawesi. They are commonly known as ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to China.
Scientists used to think this was the same species as ''Rhacophorus dugritei'', but they changed their minds in 2008.
This frog has been observed near marshes, bodies of water, and
paddy fields between 3050 and 3350 meters above sea level. The female frog lays her eggs in foam nests in holes near water.
Scientists classify this frog as at least concern of extinction because of its large range. What threat there is comes from clear-cutting and tourism. Scientists cite
climate change
Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in ...
as a possible threat to this frog because of the associated droughts and floods.
References
hui
Amphibians of China
Endemic fauna of China
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Amphibians described in 1945
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