Gracixalus jinxiuensis

Gracixalus jinxiuensis, commonly known as the Jinxiu bubble-nest frog or Jinxiu small treefrog, is a species of shrub frog from northern Vietnam and southern China (southeastern Yunnan, northeastern Guangxi and southern Hunan). "Jinxiu" in its names refers to the Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, where its type locality lies.^[2] This species in known from forests, montane forests, secondary growth, forest edges, and from near streams.^[1]

Gracixalus jinxiuensis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Rhacophoridae
Genus:	Gracixalus
Species:	G. jinxiuensis
Binomial name
Gracixalus jinxiuensis (Hu, 1978)
Synonyms
Philautus jinxiuensis Hu in Hu, Fei, and Ye, 1978 Philautus (Philautus) jinxiuensis Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001 Philautus jingxiuensis Orlov, Ho, and Nguyen, 2004 Gracixalus jinxiuensis Yu, Rao, Zhang, and Yang, 2009 Aquixalus jinxiuensis Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009 Orixalus jinxiuensis Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021

Cryptic species

Gracixalus jinxiuensis, as currently defined, may in fact include more than one species. Furthermore, it is possible that some records refer to other, established Gracixalus species.^[2] For instance, Gracixalus quyeti from Quảng Bình Province was formerly assigned to Gracixalus jinxiuensis.^[3]

Morphology

The male snout–vent length is 23.5 mm (0.93 in) and the female is 29 mm (1.1 in).^[4]