Chirixalus pantaiselatan

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Chirixalus pantaiselatan

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Rhacophoridae
Genus:	Chirixalus
Species:	C. pantaiselatan
Binomial name
*Chirixalus pantaiselatan* (Munir, Hamidy, Kusrini, Kennedi, Ridha, Qayyim, Rafsanzani, and Nishikawa, 2021)

Chirixalus pantaiselatan is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. The species was discovered in 2021 by a group of students from the Bogor Agricultural Institute during a citizen science event. The species has only been found at the Leuweung Sancang Nature Reserve in Indonesia. It is a sister species of Chirixalus trilaksonoi.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Morphology

The adult male frog measures 25.3–28.9 mm in snout-vent length. This frog can change color: Specimens collected at night appeared brown in color on the dorsum and pink-white on the belly and undersurfaces. Specimens observed during the day were pale yellow to light brown in color on the dorsum. There are dark transverse bands of color across the fore and hind limbs. The iris of the eye is purple in color. There is some silver coloration and dark spots near the mouth and a dark brown spot on each eyelid to the intraorbital region and a diamond-shaped mark on the suprascapular area. The tympanum is dark brown in color.^[4]

Habitat and range

The frog is currently known solely from the type locality, Leuweung Sancang Nature Reserve.^[1] Male frogs were observed perched on plants about 50 cm over the water of a pond.^[4]

Etymology

Scientists named this frog for the Indonesian words for "coast" and "south": "Pantai" and "selatan." In Indonesian, its name is "katak-pucat pantaiselatan."^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Chirixalus pantaiselatan Munir, Hamidy, Kusrini, Kennedi, Ridha, Qayyim, Rafsanzani, and Nishikawa, 2021 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
^ "Scientists describe new tree frog in push to catalog Indonesia's amphibians". Mongabay Environmental News. 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
^ "Chirixalus pantaiselatan Munir, Hamidy, Kusrini, Kennedi, Ridha, Qayyim, Rafsanzani, & Nishikawa, 2021". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Munir, M; A Hamidy; MD Kusrini; UF Kennedi; MA Ridha; DI Qayyim; R Rafsanzani; K Nishikawa (2021). "A new species of Chirixalus Boulenger, 1893 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the lowland forests of Java" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (Full text). 69: 219–234. doi:10.26107/RBZ-2021-0018. Retrieved May 2, 2024.

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