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Rhacophorus robertingeri

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Rhacophorus robertingeri
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R. robertingeri
Binomial name
Rhacophorus robertingeri
Orlov, Poyarkov, Vassilieva, Ananjeva, Nguyen, Sang, and Geissler, 2012

Rhacophorus robertingeri is a frog first found in the Annamite Mountains of Vietnam. This species can be differentiated from its congeners based on the pointed projection at the tibiotarsal articulation, as well as coloration.[1]

References

  1. ^ Orlov, Nikolai L., et al. "Taxonomic notes on rhacophorid frogs (Rhacophorinae: Rhacophoridae: Anura) of southern part of Annamite Mountains (Truong Son, Vietnam), with description of three new species." Russian Journal of Herpetology 19.1 (2012): 23-64.

Further Reading

  • Ziegler, Thomas, et al. "New amphibian and reptile records from Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam." Herpetol. Notes 7 (2014): 185-201.
  • Nguyen, T., and Thomas Ziegler. "Amphibian Research and Conservation in Vietnam." Froglog104 (2012): 21-23.
  • Tao, Nguyen Thien, et al. "A Preliminary Study of Phylogenetic Relationships and Taxonomic Problems of Vietnamese Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae)." Russian Journal of Herpetology 21.4 (2014): 274-280.