Alcalus tongbiguanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ceratobatrachidae
Subfamilia: Alcalinae
Genus: Alcalus
Species: Alcalus tongbiguanensis

Name

Alcalus tongbiguanensis Yu, Wu, Li, Wang & Che in Yu et al., 2025: 162

• Holotype: KIZ 053839, adult ♀, collected by Zhongbin Yu, Tianen Chen, Dong An and Xiankun Huang on 11 August 2023.
• Type locality: “Tongbiguan Township, Yingjiang County, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (24.56267° N, 97.63946° E, elevation 1 478 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Yu, Z.-B., Wang, K., Chen, T.-N., Li, L., Kilunda, F.K., Zhao, H.-P., Wu, Y.-Y., Yang, S.-P., Duan, Z.-P., Zuo, A.-R., Zhang, D.-C., Murphy, R.W., Wu, Y.-H. & Che, J. 2025. First Record of the Genus Alcalus (Anura, Ceratobatrachidae) and Describe a New Species from Yunnan, China. Asian Herpetological Research 16(2): 160–168. DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2024.0035 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Tongbiguan Dwarf Mountain Frog