Kurixalus motokawai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Kurixalus
Species: Kurixalus motokawai

Name

• Kurixalus motokawai Nguyen, Matsui & Eto, 2014: 298

Holotype: VNMN 03458, adult ♂, collected by Tao Thien Nguyen, at 20:00 on 8 September 2012.

Type locality: “Mang Canh forest (14°40’33’’ N 108°14’37’’ E, 1230 m a.s.l.), Kon Plong District, Kon Tum Province, Central Highlands of Vietnam”.

Paratypes (11): VNMN 03416, 03457, 03557, 03575, 03576, 03577, 03590, 03606, the same data as the holotype; VNMN 04028 (2012.113), collected by Tao Thien Nguyen and Chung Van Hoang from 19:00 to 22:00 on 12 October 2012 near “Dak Man Ranger Station (15°12’45’’ N 107°44’15’’ E, 1150 m a.s.l.), Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve, Dak Glei District, Kon Tum Province”; VNMN 03574, 04006 (KKK 2012.101), collected by Tao Thien Nguyen on 23 February 2012 from “Kon Ka Kinh National Park (14°13’23’’ N 108°19’15’’ E, 1050 m a.s.l.), K’Bang District, Gia Lai Province”.

References

Primary references

• Nguyen, T.T., Matsui, M. & Eto, K. 2014. A new cryptic tree frog species allied to Kurixalus banaensis (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 21(4): 295–302. Reference page.