Rhacophorus rhyssocephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Rhacophorus
Species:

Rhacophorus rhyssocephalus Wolf, 1936

Holotype: MTD 786. [destroyed during WWII]
Neotype: MZB Amph 33593, adult ♀, collected by Efendi Sabinhaliduna, Wahyu Trilaksono, Syahfitri Anita, Isaac Krone, Sina Amini, María José Navarrete Méndez, Mark Herr and Jimmy McGuire on 5 August 2023. [designated by Herlambang et al. (2025: 128)]
Type locality: “Sangi”, redesignated by neotype designation to “Sahendaruman Mountain, Ulungpeliang, Kecamatan Tamako, Kabupaten Kepulauan Sangihe, North Sulawesi, Indonesia (03°30.887’N, 125°32.487E; 446 masl)” by Herlambang et al. (2025: 128).

Rhacophorus pardalis rhyssocephalus Wolf, 1936: 206 [original combination, as subspecies]
Rhacophorus rhyssocephalus — Inger & Voris, 2001: 886 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Wolf, S. 1936. Revision der Untergattung Rhacophorus (ausschliesslich der Madagaskar-Formen). Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 12: 137–217. PDF Reference page.
Herlambang, A.E.N., Sabinhaliduna, E., Trilaksono, W., Anita, S., Riyanto, A., Hamidy, A., Krone, I., Amini, S., Navarrete Méndez, M.J., Herr, M. & McGuire, J.A. 2025. Taxonomic reassessment of an enigmatic Flying Frog (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Sangihe Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa 5636(1): 121–143. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5636.1.5 Reference page.