Kurixalus berylliniris

Kurixalus berylliniris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Kurixalus
Species:
K. berylliniris
Binomial name
Kurixalus berylliniris
Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016
Synonyms
  • Polypedates appendiculatus Günther, 1858
  • Rhacophorus appendiculatus Boulenger, 1882
  • Rhacophorus phyllopygus Werner, 1900
  • Rhacophorus appendiculatus appendiculatus Smith, 1930
  • Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) appendiculatus Ahl, 1931
  • Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) appendiculatus appendiculatus Wolf, 1936
  • Leptomantis appendiculatus Iskandar and Colijn, 2000
  • Rhacophorus appendiculatus Harvey, Pemberton, and Smith, 2002
  • Kurixalus appendiculatus Yu, Zhang, and Yang, 2013

Kurixalus berylliniris is a frog. It lives in Taiwan. People have seen it between 225 and 1250 meters above sea level.

People have seen this frog high in the place where the tree branches come together like a roof in forests in Taitung and Hwalien. This frog lays eggs in holes in trees that have water in them. People have seen its eggs and tadpoles in the water.

Scientists believe this frog may be threatened by cutting down the forests where it lives, but there is less tree cutting in Taiwan than there was.

Scientists used to think this was the same frog as Kurixalus eiffingeri, but they changed their minds after looking closely at the frogs' DNA.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Kurixalus berylliniris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T186872850A186872918. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T186872850A186872918.en. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Kurixalus berylliniris Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Kurixalus berylliniris Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  4. ↑ Wu S-P; Huang C-C; Tsai C-L; Lin T-E; Kjamg J-J; Wu S-H (2016). "Systematic revision of the Taiwanese genus Kurixalus members with a description of two new endemic species (Anura, Rhacophoridae)". ZooKeys (Abstract) (557): 121–153. doi:10.3897/zookeys.557.6131. PMC 4740841. PMID 26877703.