''Rohanixalus senapatiensis'', commonly known as Senapti's tree frog, is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

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 commonly ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to north-eastern India. It is only known from its type locality around the Mabing river near

Kangpokpi Kangpokpi (Meitei language, Meitei pronunciation:/kāng-pōk-pī/), also known as Kanggui, is the headquarter of Kangpokpi district and the Sadar Hills Autonomous District Council in the Indian state of Manipur. Kangpokpi is mainly inhabited ...

in Senapati district,

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanm ...

state.

Taxonomy

Formerly described in ''

Chirixalus ''Chirixalus'' is a genus of frogs in the moss frog family (Rhacophoridae). Formerly used to classify Asian species of ''Chiromantis ''Chiromantis'' is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, commonly known as foam-nest frogs or foam-ne ...

'', 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.

Description

It was originally described as being most similar in its appearance to ''

Rohanixalus vittatus ''Rohanixalus vittatus'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, as well as in isolated populations in southern China (in southeastern Tibet, so ...

''. It has a dark middorsal stripe. Webbing on hands is rudimentary.

References

Rohanixalus Frogs of India Endemic fauna of India Amphibians described in 2009 {{Rhacophoridae-stub