Rhacophorus calcaneus

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: Rhacophorus
Species: Rhacophorus calcaneus

Name

Rhacophorus calcaneus Smith, 1924

• Holotype: BMNH 1924.1.31.4, ♂, collected by M.A. Smith in April 1918.
• Type locality: “Langbian Peaks, alt. 2000 m., S. Annam”, Vietnam.

Combinations

• Rhacophorus calcaneus Smith, 1924: 228 [original combination]
• Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) calcaneus — Ahl, 1931: 162 [subsequent combination, subgenus]
• Rhacophorus schlegelii calcaneus — Wolf, 1936: 197 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Rhacophorus calcaneus — Bourret, 1942: 431 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

Synonyms

• Rhacophorus chuyangsinensis Orlov, Nguyen & Ho, 2008: 68 [synonymised by Orlov, Poyarkov, Vassilieva, Ananjeva, Nguyen, Sang & Geissler (2012: 23)]
  • Holotype: ZISP 8179, adult ♂, collected by S.N. Nguyen, N.L. Orlov and C.T. Ho on 20–23 October 2007.
  • Type locality: “Chu Yang Sin National Park, Krong Bong District, south part of Dac Lac Province, central Vietnam, 12°25′28.3″ N 108°21′04.1″ E, altitude 1600 m a.s.l. (primary forest on mountain slope)”.
  • Paratypes (n=2): ZISP 8180, adult ♂, and ZISP 8181, adult ♂, same data as for the holotype.

References

Primary references

• Smith, M.A. 1924. New tree-frogs from Indo-China and the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1924: 225–234.
• Wolf, S. 1936. Revision der Untergattung Rhacophorus (ausschliesslich der Madagaskar-Formen). Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 12: 137–217. PDF Reference page. 
• Bourret, R.-L. 1942. Les Batraciens de l’Indochine. Institut Océanographique de l’Indochine: Hanoi.
• Orlov, N.L., Nguyen, S.N. & Ho, C.T. 2008. Description of a new species and new records of Rhacophorus genus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) with the review of amphibians and reptiles diversity of Ghu Yang Sin National Park (Dac Lac Province, Vietnam). Russian Journal of Herpetology 15(1): 67–84. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2008-15-1-67-84 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 
• Orlov, N.L., Poyarkov Jr., N.A., Moiseeva, A.V., Ananjeva, N.B., Nguyen, T.T., Nguyen, N.S. & Geissler, P. 2012. Taxonomic notes on rhacophorid frogs (Rhacophorinae: Rhacophoridae: Anura) of southern part of Annamite Mountains (Truong Son, Vietnam), with description of three new species. Russian Journal of Herpetology 19(1): 23–64. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2012-19-1-23–64 [nonfunctional] ; Abstract Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2018. IUCN: Rhacophorus calcaneus  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T48103132A87891016. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T48103132A87891016.en. Accessed on 24 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Vietnam Flying Frog