taxonID	type	description	language	source
EBE9FE6883085C858E137A9E472BC016.taxon	description	Figs 3, 4, Table 2	en	Weng, Shiyang, Liu, Xiaolong, Li, Jianchuan, Yu, Guohua, Huang, Junkai (2025): A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Xizang, China, with a revision of the distribution of R. bipunctatus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (2): 437-447, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.142297
EBE9FE6883085C858E137A9E472BC016.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet “ medogensis ” is named after the type locality, Medog, Xizang, China. We suggest “ Xizang flying frog ” as its English common name and “ Mò Tuō Shù Wā ” (墨脱树蛙) as its Chinese common name.	en	Weng, Shiyang, Liu, Xiaolong, Li, Jianchuan, Yu, Guohua, Huang, Junkai (2025): A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Xizang, China, with a revision of the distribution of R. bipunctatus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (2): 437-447, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.142297
EBE9FE6883085C858E137A9E472BC016.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The genus Rhacophorus, also known as flying frogs, is characterized by the following features: 1) body size relatively moderate or large (SVL 30 – 100 mm, above 40 mm in most species); 2) presence of intercalary cartilage between terminal and penultimate phalanges of digits; 3) terminal phalanges of fingers and toes Y-shaped; 4) tips of the digits expanded into large disks bearing circummarginal grooves; 5) webbed fingers; 6) skin not co-ossified to the skull; 7) upper eyelid projections absent, tarsal projections present in most species; 8) dermal folds along the forearm or tarsus present; 9) pupil horizontal; 10) iris without “ X ” - shaped marking; 11) white foam nests or jelly-encapsulated eggs produced by breeding pairs; and (12) distributed mainly in Indochina (Jiang et al. 2019). Rhacophorus medogensis sp. nov. is placed in the genus Rhacophorus due to the combination of the following features: 1) body size relatively moderate (adult males SVL 31.6 – 38.7 mm, n = 17; adult females SVL 50.1 – 55.7 mm, n = 2); 2) presence of intercalary cartilage between terminal and penultimate phalanges of digits; 3) terminal phalanges of fingers and toes Y-shaped; 4) tips of the digits expanded into large disks bearing circummarginal grooves; 5) webbed fingers; 6) tarsal projections present; 7) pupil horizontal; 8) iris without “ X ” - shaped marking. Rhacophorus medogensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from other species in the R. rhodopus and R. bipunctatus complexes by the following combination of features: 1) medium adult males body size (adult males SVL 31.6 – 38.7 mm); 2) dorsal surface reddish brown, light green, light brown, or grayish green in life; 3) pineal ocellus obvious; 4) toe webbing formula: I 1 ‒ 1 II 1 ‒ 1.5 III 1 ‒ 1 IV 1 ‒ 1 V; 5) irregularly shaped large black spots, white pattern in black spots on flanks; 6) snout pointed with an appendage on the tip; 7) tongue pyriform, with a deep notch at the posterior tip; 8) throat rough; 9) palm rough with small tubercles; 10) tibiotarsal articulation reaching the eye.	en	Weng, Shiyang, Liu, Xiaolong, Li, Jianchuan, Yu, Guohua, Huang, Junkai (2025): A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Xizang, China, with a revision of the distribution of R. bipunctatus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (2): 437-447, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.142297
EBE9FE6883085C858E137A9E472BC016.taxon	description	Description of holotype. Adult male, medium body size (SVL 33.5 mm); head length (HL 12.1 mm) longer than head width (HW 11.1 mm); snout pointed with an appendage on tip, sloping in profile, and protruding beyond the margin of lower jaw in ventral view; snout length (SL 5.0 mm) is longer than the diameter of the eye (ED 4.2 mm); the canthus rostralis is distinct and curved; loreal region oblique, concave; nostrils oval, lateral, slightly protuberant, and slightly closer to the tip of snout than the eye; the internarial space (IND 3.2 mm) is slightly smaller than the interorbital distance (IOD 4.6 mm) and larger than the width of the upper eyelid (UEW 2.5 mm); the pupil is horizontal; pineal ocellus obvious; tympanum distinct (TD 2.2 mm), rounded, and nearly about half of eye diameter (ED 4.2 mm); the supratympanic fold is narrow and flat; tongue pyriform, with a deep notch at the posterior tip; choanae oval; vomerine teeth present in two series; with an internal single subgular vocal sac; a vocal sac opening on the floor of the mouth at each corner (Fig. 3). Forelimbs strong, length of forearm and hand (FHL 16.3 mm); relative length of fingers I <II <IV <III; tips of all fingers expand into discs with circummarginal and transverse ventral grooves, disc of finger I smaller than discs of other fingers; entire web between fingers, webbing formula: I 2 ‒ 2 II 1 ‒ 1.5 III 1 ‒ 1 IV; subarticular tubercles rounded and prominent, formula 1, 3, 4, 4; inner metacarpal tubercle single, oval, and prominent (Fig. 3 C). Hindlimbs slender and long, heels overlapping when legs at a right angle to the body, tibiotarsal articulation reaching the eye; tibia length (TL 16.6 mm) nearly equal to the length of forearm and hand (FHL 16.3 mm), longer than foot length (FL 14.0 mm), and shorter than the length of tarsus and foot (TFL 22.4 mm); relative length of toes I <II <III <V <IV, with the third and fifth toes being nearly equal in length; tips of all toes expanded into discs with circummarginal and transverse ventral grooves; entire web between toes, webbing formula: I 1 ‒ 1 II 1 ‒ 1.5 III 1 ‒ 1 IV 1 ‒ 1 V; subarticular tubercles rounded and prominent, formula 1, 1, 2, 3, 2; supernumerary tubercles absent; single inner metatarsal tubercle, oval, outer metatarsal tubercle absent; tibiotarsal joint with a small triangular fold of skin (Fig. 3 D). Dorsal skin smooth with very fine granules; throat rough, covered with small warts, and ventral surface of forelimbs smooth; palm rough with small tubercles; chest, belly, and ventral surface of small warts (Fig. 3 A, B); dermal folds on forearm, tarsus, heels, and vent present.	en	Weng, Shiyang, Liu, Xiaolong, Li, Jianchuan, Yu, Guohua, Huang, Junkai (2025): A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Xizang, China, with a revision of the distribution of R. bipunctatus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (2): 437-447, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.142297
EBE9FE6883085C858E137A9E472BC016.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology. This species is currently known to be distributed only in Medog (Fig. 5). It inhabits humid shrublands, marshes, puddles, or slow-flowing ditches at elevations of 500 – 1700 m (Fig. 2 B). Some individuals were found during the day in bamboo tubes with R. tuberculatus. Females are less common, and none were observed during surveys conducted in May.	en	Weng, Shiyang, Liu, Xiaolong, Li, Jianchuan, Yu, Guohua, Huang, Junkai (2025): A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Xizang, China, with a revision of the distribution of R. bipunctatus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (2): 437-447, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.142297
