Zhangixalus smaragdinus

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Zhangixalus smaragdinus

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Rhacophoridae
Genus:	Zhangixalus
Species:	Z. smaragdinus
Binomial name
*Zhangixalus smaragdinus* (Blyth, 1852)

Rhacophorus maximus range.^[2]^[3]
Synonyms
Rhacophorus maximus Günther, 1858 Rhacophorus gigas Jerdon, 1870

Zhangixalus smaragdinus (common names: Nepal flying frog, Günther's tree frog, giant treefrog, and others) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae found in southwestern China (Yunnan, Tibet), north-eastern India, Nepal, western Thailand, and northern Vietnam, and possibly in Bangladesh.^[4]

Zhangixalus smaragdinus lives in lowland to submontane moist evergreen forests. It lays eggs in foam nests built above pools and ponds. Outside the breeding season it is arboreal and lives high in the canopy. This frog has been observed between 500 and 2000 meters above sea level.^[1]

It is classified as of least concern of extinction by the IUCN because of its large range, which includes protected parks in several countries: Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Royal Manas National Park, Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary, Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary, Thong Pha Phum National Park, Kaeng Krachan National Park, and Kui Buri National Park. In India, people occasionally catch this frog as subsistence food.^[1]

Original description

Annemarie Ohler; Kaushik Deuti (2018). "Polypedates smaragdinus Blyth, 1852—a senior subjective synonym of Rhacophorus maximus Günther, 1858". Zootaxa (Abstract). 4375: 273–280. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4375.2.7. PMID 29689774. Retrieved April 9, 2023.

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Nepal Flying Frog: Zhangixalus smaragdinus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T175789878A175791396. 175789878. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
^ IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Conservation International & NatureServe. 2004. Rhacophorus maximus. In: IUCN 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. http://www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 14 July 2015.
^ National Geophysical Data Center, 1999. Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation (GLOBE) v.1. Hastings, D. and P.K. Dunbar. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V52R3PMS [access date: 2015-03-16].
^ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Rhacophorus maximus Günther, 1858". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 16 December 2013.

Taxon identifiers
Rhacophorus maximus	Wikidata: Q2700126 Wikispecies: Rhacophorus maximus AoI: 448 ASW: Rhacophorus-maximus CoL: 4RXH7 EoL: 1025369 GBIF: 5217264 iNaturalist: 26519 IRMNG: 11218266 ITIS: 665656 IUCN: 59003 NCBI: 462324 Observation.org: 205452

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