Romerus feii

Romerus feii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Romerus
Species:
R. feii
Binomial name
Romerus feii
(Smith, 1953)
Synonyms
  • Liuixalus feii Yang, Rao, and Wang, 2015
  • Liuixalus jinxiuensis Li, Mo, Xie, and Jiang in Qin, Mo, Jiang, Cai, Xie, Jiang, Murphy, Li, and Wang, 2015
  • Romerus jinxiuensis Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021

Fei's small tree frog (Romerus feii) is a frog. It lives in China and Vietnam. Scientists have seen it between 350 and 1163 meters above sea level.

Appearance

The adult male frog is about 16.2 to 17.6 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 18.0 to 18.7 mm long. This frog has a mark in the shape of an X on its back. There is a mark between the eyes.

Name

Scientists named this frog after amphibian scientist Professor Liang Fei.

Home

This frog lives in forests that have never been cut down. People see it on the dead leaves on the ground.

The place where this frog lives has two protected parks in it: Heishiding Nature Reserve and Dayaoshan Nature Reserve.

Young

Scientists think this frog's tadpoles swim in water-filled holes in plants such as trees or bamboo.

References

  1. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Liuixalus feii Yang, Rao, and Wang, 2015". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 James Kong (November 23, 2015). Ann T. Chang; Michelle S. Koo (eds.). "Liuixalus feii (Smith, 1953)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Fei's Small Tree Frog: Liuixalus feii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T82410392A122172682. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T82410392A122172682.en. 82410392. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  4. ↑ Yang J-H; Rao D-Q; Wang Y-Y (2015). "A new species of the genus Liuixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern China". Zootaxa (Abstract). 3990 (2): 247–258. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.5. PMID 26250231.