taxonID	type	description	language	source
679ACF20AFE155ADBC45E7D026460EB9.taxon	description	Figs 6 A, 7, 8	en	Luo, Jiaqi, Zhang, Ben’an, Pan, Yuanqiang, Yu, Guohua (2025): A new species of Gracixalus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Guangxi, China, with comments on the taxonomy of Orixalus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 369-388, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.135742
679ACF20AFE155ADBC45E7D026460EB9.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet is named for Huaping, Guangxi, China, where the species was collected. We suggested “ Huaping small tree frog ” for the common English name and “ 花坪纤树蛙 (Huā Píng Xiān Shù Wā) ” for the common Chinese name.	en	Luo, Jiaqi, Zhang, Ben’an, Pan, Yuanqiang, Yu, Guohua (2025): A new species of Gracixalus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Guangxi, China, with comments on the taxonomy of Orixalus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 369-388, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.135742
679ACF20AFE155ADBC45E7D026460EB9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species is assigned to genus Gracixalus based upon the following set of morphological characters: the presence of intercalary cartilage between terminal and penultimate phalanges of digits, tips of digits enlarged to discs bearing circum-marginal grooves, vomerine teeth absent, inner (first and second) and outer (third and fourth) fingers not opposable, and an inversed Y-shaped dark brown marking on the dorsum (Fei 1999; Yu et al. 2019; Tran et al. 2023). The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following morphological characters. (1) SVL 26.6 – 28.8 mm in males and 29.8 – 32.8 mm in females; (2) vomerine teeth absent; (3) dorsal surface yellowish brown; (4) few conical tubercles on dorsum; (5) internal vocal sac in males, vocal sac opening oval and rim of the opening dark brown; (6) throat smooth; (7) finger webbing rudimentary; (8) linea masculina present in males; (9) snout rounded; (10) tibiotarsal articulation reaching eye; (11) tibiotarsal projection absent; (12) ventral surface translucent, yellowish-white; (13) belly granular; (14) nuptial pads present on finger I; (15) heels overlapping when legs at right angle to body; (16) iris golden brown; and (17) flank rough with white tubercles.	en	Luo, Jiaqi, Zhang, Ben’an, Pan, Yuanqiang, Yu, Guohua (2025): A new species of Gracixalus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Guangxi, China, with comments on the taxonomy of Orixalus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 369-388, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.135742
679ACF20AFE155ADBC45E7D026460EB9.taxon	description	Description of holotype. Small size (SVL 28.6 mm; Table 3); head wider (HW 10.9 mm) than long (HL 9.0 mm); snout rounded, slightly projecting beyond margin of lower jaw in ventral view, rounded in profile; canthus rostralis rounded; nostril oval, protuberant, closer to tip of snout than eye; loreal region oblique, slightly concave; interorbital distance (IOD 3.3 mm) equal to internarial distance (IND 3.3 mm) and greater than upper eyelid width (UEW 2.5 mm); eye large, horizontal diameter (ED 3.2 mm) equal to snout length (SL 3.2 mm); pupil oval, horizontal; tympanum distinct (TD 1.5 mm), nearly equal to half of ED; supratympanic fold distinct, extending from posterior corner of eye to above insertion of arm; vomerine teeth absent; tongue notched posteriorly; single internal vocal sac, vocal sac opening oval and rim of the opening dark brown. Forelimbs relatively strong; forearm and hand length (FHL 14.3 mm) 50 % of SVL; relative finger lengths I <II <IV <III; fingers webbing rudimentary; tips of all fingers expanded into discs with circum-marginal grooves; subarticular tubercles prominent and rounded, formula 1, 1, 2, 2; two metacarpal tubercles, the inner oval and the outer rounded; nuptial pad present at the base of the first finger, prominent. Heels overlapping when legs at right angle to body; the relative lengths of the toes I <II <III = V <IV; tibiotarsal articulation reaching the middle of the eye when hindlimb adpressed to body; tip of toes expanded into discs with circum-marginal grooves; toe discs slightly smaller than finger discs; toes webbed, webbing formula I 2 – 1.5 II 1.3 – 2 III 1.2 – 2 IV 2 – 1.3 V; subarticular tubercles prominent, round, formula 1, 1, 2, 3, 2; supernumerary tubercles present; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, outer metatarsal tubercle absent. Dorsal surface rough, scattered with a few conical tubercles on the upper eyelids, head, dorsum, and limbs; flank and head side rough, scattered with white tubercles; throat relatively smooth; chest, belly, and ventral surface of thighs rough with many white tubercles.	en	Luo, Jiaqi, Zhang, Ben’an, Pan, Yuanqiang, Yu, Guohua (2025): A new species of Gracixalus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Guangxi, China, with comments on the taxonomy of Orixalus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 369-388, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.135742
679ACF20AFE155ADBC45E7D026460EB9.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology. The new species is known only from the type locality. Probably the new species is restricted to bamboo forest with evergreen forest (Fig. 9 a). All specimens were collected in daylight and were found in open-ended bamboos filled with a little water. Eggs with gel nests were deposited on the walls of open-ended bamboos (Fig. 9 b), implying that the new species has entered breeding season in April. In daylight no calls were heard.	en	Luo, Jiaqi, Zhang, Ben’an, Pan, Yuanqiang, Yu, Guohua (2025): A new species of Gracixalus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Guangxi, China, with comments on the taxonomy of Orixalus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 369-388, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.135742
