Acoustic Characteristics of Treefrogs from Sichuan, China, with Comments on Systematic Relationship of Polypedates and Rhacophorus (Anura, Rhacophoridae)
Advertisement call characteristics of Polypedates chenfui, P. dugritei, and P. omeimontis, all from Sichuan, China, are described. Calls of the three species differ considerably from each other both in temporal and frequency patterns. Acoustically, these three species cannot be differentiated from some Rhacophorus species from Japan and Taiwan, and the systematic relationship of Polypedates and Rhacophorus needs reassessment
