''Hyla sanchiangensis'' (proposed common name: San Chiang tree frog) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to central and 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 ...

and known from Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi provinces. The type locality is "San Chiang" () in what at present is the Wuyishan City. The

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was collected by

Clifford H. Pope Clifford Hillhouse Pope (April 11, 1899 – June 3, 1974) was a noted American herpetologist. He was the son of Mark Cooper Pope and Harriett Alexander (Hull) Pope, and grew up in Washington, Georgia. While in college in the summers of 1919 and ...

during the Third Asiatic Expedition of the

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in 1926, and described in 1929, along with three other new amphibian species.

Description

Males measure and females in snout–vent length. The back is leaf-green in colour. There are conspicuous black markings on the sides and on the limbs. The skin is smooth. The fingers are slightly webbed whereas the toes are two-thirds webbed. The males have two largish vocal sacks. The tadpoles grow to total length.

Habitat and conservation

''Hyla sanchiangensis'' live in hilly areas in forest and rice paddies and their vicinity. By daytime they hide inside bamboo tubes or in holes in the ground, coming out in the evening to prey on insects. They are found at elevations of

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. ''Hyla sanchiangensis'' is a common species. Habitat destruction and degradation are threats to it.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q938801 Hyla Endemic fauna of China Amphibians of China Taxa named by Clifford H. Pope Amphibians described in 1929 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot