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{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
{{speciesbox
| image = Polypedates subansiriensis imported from iNaturalist photo 206288761 on 31 March 2024.jpg
| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="IUCN">{{cite IUCN
|title= Subansiri's Tree Frog: ''Polypedates subansiriensis''
|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202902/2757722
|article-number= e.T202902A2757722
|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T202902A2757722.en
|id=202902
|year=2023
|author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group
|accessdate=February 19, 2024}}</ref>
| taxon = Polypedates subansiriensis
| authority = Mathew and Sen, 2009<ref name="Mathew and Sen 2009"/>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=Frost/>
| range_map = {{Location map | India
| relief = yes
| caption =
| alt = Type locality in Northeast India
| lat_deg = 27.518
| lon_deg = 93.842
}}
| range_map_caption = ''Polypedates subansiriensis'' is only known from the [[Lower Subansiri District]] in northeastern India
}}

'''''Polypedates subansiriensis''''' is a species of [[frog]]s in the family [[Rhacophoridae]]. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Northeast India]] and only known from its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]], Soro village in the eponymous [[Lower Subansiri District]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]] state. It is sometimes known as the '''Subansiri's tree frog''' or '''Subansiri tree frog'''.<ref name=Frost/><ref name="India Biodiversity Portal"/><ref name="Deuti 2013"/>

==Description==
''Polypedates subansiriensis'' was [[species description|described]] based on a single specimen ([[holotype]], sex unspecified), which measures {{convert|56|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in [[snout–vent length]].<ref name="Mathew and Sen 2009"/> The head is depressed and broader than it is long. The [[Tympanum (anatomy)|tympanum]] is depressed and the supratympanic fold is prominent. The fingers have no webbing whereas the toes are about three-quarters webbed. Skin is dorsally minutely granular and ventrally broadly granular. The [[Dorsum (anatomy)|dorsum]] has indistinct brownish-yellow spots. The upper lip has a white bordering line. A broad, smooth, darker band runs from the eye to the nostril, with granular skin beneath it. A black streak runs from the nostril to the shoulder. The hands and tarsi have white, slightly raised dermal fringes. The thighs have yellow spots.<ref name="Mathew and Sen 2009"/><ref name="India Biodiversity Portal"/><ref name="Deuti 2013"/>

==Habitat and conservation==
''Polypedates subansiriensis'' is an [[Arboreal locomotion|arboreal]] species.<ref name="India Biodiversity Portal"/><ref name="Deuti 2013"/> The type locality is at {{convert|1550|m|abbr=on}} [[above sea level]].<ref name="Mathew and Sen 2009"/> Scientists classify this species as "[[data deficient]]" with respect to conservation and extinction.<ref name="Deuti 2013"/><ref name="IUCN"/>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="Deuti 2013">{{cite book |last=Deuti |first=K. |editor1-last=Venkataraman| editor1-first= K.| editor2-last= Chattopadhyay| editor2-first= A.| editor3-last=Subramanian| editor3-first= K.A. |name-list-style=amp | date= 2013 |chapter=Amphibia |title= Endemic Animals of India (Vertebrates) |publisher=Zoological Survey of India| location=Kolkata |pages=67–137 | url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301693197 }} [''Polypedates subansiriensis'': p. 107]</ref>

<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Polypedates/Polypedates-subansiriensis |title=''Polypedates subansiriensis'' Mathew and Sen, 2009 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2021 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="India Biodiversity Portal">{{cite web | url=https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/267034 | title=''Polypedates subansiriensis'' Mathew and Sen, 2009 |website=India Biodiversity Portal | access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="Mathew and Sen 2009">{{cite journal |last1=Mathew |first1=Rosamma |last2=Sen |first2=Nibedita |name-list-style=amp |year=2009 |title=Studies on little known amphibians of North East India |journal=Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper |volume=293 |pages=1–64 |url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/293/index.pdf }}</ref>
}}

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[[Category:Polypedates|subansiriensis]]
[[Category:Frogs of India]]
[[Category:Endemic amphibians of India]]
[[Category:Environment of Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 2009]]

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