Feihyla Vittata
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''Rohanixalus vittatus'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in Northeast India, Bangladesh,
Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
, Thailand, Cambodia,
Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
, and Vietnam, as well as in isolated populations in southern
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
(in southeastern Tibet, southern Yunnan and
Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...
, Hainan, Guangdong, and Zhejiang). Many common names have been coined for it: two-striped pigmy tree frog, Bhamo tree frog, Boulenger's tree frog, striped Asian treefrog, violet pigmy tree frog, and lateral-striped opposite-fingered treefrog. Formerly described in ''
Feihyla ''Feihyla'' is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. They are found in southern China and Vietnam, and likely also in Laos. Its phylogenetic position is not yet fully resolved, but it is probably the sister taxon ...
'', it was moved to the new genus ''
Rohanixalus ''Rohanixalus'' is a genus of tree frogs in the family Rhacophoridae native to the Andaman islands and Indo-Burma region. The genus was established in 2020 by Indian herpetologist S.D. Biju of the University of Delhi and his colleagues. The genus ...
'' in 2020 following a phylogenetic study. ''Rohanixalus vittatus'' occurs in open grassy areas in forest and forest edge at elevations up to about . It tolerates some habitat modification and also occurs in rice paddies. It is a widespread and generally common species that is not facing known threats. Its range includes a number of protected areas.


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vittatus Amphibians of Bangladesh Amphibians of Cambodia Frogs of China Frogs of India Amphibians of Laos Amphibians of Myanmar Amphibians of Thailand Amphibians of Vietnam Amphibians described in 1887 Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rhacophoridae-stub