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Type: Article
Published: 2014-04-02
Page range: 25–37
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A striking new species of phytotelm-breeding tree frog (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from central Vietnam

Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 6 College St, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia
Faculty of Biology, University of Science- Ho Chi Minh City, 227 Nguyen Van Cu, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Nghia Do, Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam
Faculty of Biology, University of Science- Ho Chi Minh City, 227 Nguyen Van Cu, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Biology Faculty, Vinh University, 182 Le Duan St, Vinh City, Vietnam
Amphibian montane Southeast Asia

Abstract

We describe a distinctive new species of phytotelm-breeding rhacophorid frog from central Vietnam. Gracixalus lumarius sp. nov. is distinguished from all other rhacophorids in Indochina by a combination of (1) medium body size (adult males 38.9–41.6 mm; adult female 36.3 mm), (2) dorsum brown diurnally and yellow nocturnally, (3) venter pink, (4) tympanum and supratympanic fold indistinct (5) iris dark gold with a dense, relatively uniformly distributed network of black reticulations, (6) dorsum with distinctive white conical tubercles in males, and (7) eggs deposited on wall of a phyptotelm. The new species is known from montane bamboo and montane evergreen forest in Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve in Kon Tum Province, between ~1845–2160 m elevation.