Raorchestes menglaensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species: Raorchestes menglaensis

Name

Raorchestes menglaensis (Kou, 1990)

• Holotype: YU A845090.
• Type locality: “Zhishihe, Mengla County, Yunnan Province, China, alt. 900 m”.

Combinations

• Philautus menglaensis Kou, 1990: 210 [original combination]
• Philautus (Philautus) menglaensis — Bossuyt & Dubois, 2001: 59 [subsequent combination]
• Kirtixalus menglaensis — Yu, Rao, Zhang & Yang, 2009: 578 [subsequent combination]
• Aquixalus menglaensis — Fei, Hu, Ye & Huang, 2009: 722 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudophilautus menglaensis — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao & Zhang, 2009: 519 [subsequent combination]
• Raorchestes menglaensis — Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta & Bossuyt, 2010: 1120 [subsequent combination by implication]
• Liuixalus menglaensis — Fei, Ye & Jiang, 2012: 513 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Kou, Z.-T. 1990. A new species of genus Philautus (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Yunnan, China. In: Zhao, E.-m. (Ed.), From Water onto Land. A volume Issued to Commemorate the Ninetieth Birthday of the Late Professor Liu Cheng-zhao. [In Chinese with English abstract].
• Bossuyt, F. & Dubois, A. 2001. A review of the frog genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Rhacophorinae). Zeylanica 6: 1–112.
• Li, J.-t., J. Che, R. W. Murphy, H. Zhao, E.-m. Zhao, D.-q. Rao & Y.-p. Zhang. 2009. New insights to the molecular phylogenetics and generic assessment in the Rhacophoridae (Amphibia: Anura) based on five nuclear and three mitochondrial genes, with comments on the evolution of reproduction. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53: 509–522.
• Biju, S.D., Shouche, Y., Dubois, A., Dutta, S.K. & Bossuyt, F. 2010. A ground-dwelling rhacophorid frog from the highest mountain peak of the Western Ghats of India. Current Science 98(8): 1119–1125. Full article (PDF). Full article (PDF). Full article (on BioNames). Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Raorchestes menglaensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T58872A63880747. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T58872A63880747.en. Accessed on 09 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Mengla Small Bubble-nest Frog