| Leptomantis bimaculatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Leptomantis |
| Species: | L. bimaculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptomantis bimaculatus Peters, 1867 | |
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Leptomantis bimaculatus is aspecies offrog in the moss frogfamily (Rhacophoridae). Described byWilhelm Peters in 1867,[2] it isendemic to the Philippines. There, it is known to occur on the islands ofBohol,Mindanao, and in the south ofLuzon; it might also be found on other islands as its known range brackets the main chain of the Philippinesarchipelago.[3]
This arboreal frog has been observed near water in undisturbed forests between 500 and 600 meters above sea level.[3]
This species was initially placed in thegenusLeptomantis, asL. bimaculata.[2] It was erroneously described a second time in 1922, under thejunior synonymPhilautus zamboangensis.Leptomantis was later merged intoRhacophorus, and its name became thesenior homonym of theR. bimaculatus named so byG. A. Boulenger in 1882; that species was subsequently renamed toR. bipunctatus.[4] Now, the genusLeptomantis has been removed from synonymy withRhacophorus and is recognised as a separate genus again. For some time, it was believed that similar frogs from Indonesia and Malaysia also belonged to the present species. But this was found to be wrong, and the western relative is now known asR. cyanopunctatus.Tadpoles fromBorneo were also discussed under the nameR. bimaculatus; these actually were ofR. cyanopunctatus orR. gauni.[5]
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