''Gracixalus jinxiuensis'', commonly known as the Jinxiu bubble-nest frog or Jinxiu small treefrog, is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
shrub frog
The Rhacophoridae are a family of frogs that occur in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, South India and Sri Lanka, Japan, northeastern India to eastern China and Taiwan, south through the Philippines and Greater Sundas, and Sulawesi. They are commonly ...
from northern
Vietnam
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and southern China (southeastern
Yunnan
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, northeastern
Guangxi
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and southern
Hunan
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). "Jinxiu" in its names refers to the
Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, where its
type locality lies.
[ This species in known from forests, montane forests, secondary growth, forest edges, and from near streams.][
]
Cryptic species
''Gracixalus jinxiuensis'', as currently defined, may in fact include more than one species. Furthermore, it is possible that some records refer to other, established ''Gracixalus
''Gracixalus'' is a genus of shrub frogs (family Rhacophoridae) from south-eastern Asia.
Phylogenetic evidence indicates that it is the sister genus to the genus ''Vampyrius
Rhacophorus vampyrus (''Vampyrius vampyrus'') is a medium-size ...
'' species.[Ziegler, Thomas, Dao Thi Anh Tran, Truong Quang Nguyen, Ronith Gila Bina Perl, Lea Wirk, Magdalena Kulisch, Tanja Lehmann, Anna Rauhaus, Tao Thien Nguyen, Quyet Khac Le, and Thanh Ngoc Vu. 2014. ''New amphibian and reptile records from Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam''. Herpetology Notes, volume 7: 185-201 (2014) (published online on 16 April 2014).]
Morphology
The male snout–vent length is and the female is .
References
jinxiuensis
Amphibians described in 1978
Amphibians of Vietnam
Amphibians of China
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