''Rhacophorus laoshan'', the Laoshan tree frog, is a species of frog in the family
Rhacophoridae
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 co ...
. Scientists know it from the
type locality: 1389 meters above sea level in Cenwangloashan Nature Reserve in
China.
The adult frog measures about 35 mm in
snout-vent length. The skin of the dorsum is brown in color with a ventrolateral stripe. The ventrum is gray-brown in color. The inner surfaces of the hind legs are bright tangerine orange in color.
This frog lives in the bamboo understory of forests with tall trees.
Scientists named this frog after Cenwanglaoshan Natural Preserve, where it was found.
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References
Frogs of Asia
Endemic fauna of Myanmar
Amphibians described in 2008
laoshan
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