- In sources published from 1999 onwards, the name Rhacophorus bipunctatus can also refer to R. rhodopus (see "Taxonomy" section).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Rhacophorus |
| Species: | R. bipunctatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhacophorus bipunctatus Ahl, 1927
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| Synonyms | |
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Rhacophorus bimaculatus Boulenger, 1882 (non Peters, 1867: preoccupied) | |
Rhacophorus bipunctatus is a frog species in the moss frog family (Rhacophoridae) found from eastern India into Southeast Asia, possibly to southeastern China and south to Malaysia. Due to the identification problems surrounding this species, the eastern and southern limits of its range remain undetermined; all that is known is that the species certainly occurs in the border region of India, Bangladesh, China and Myanmar; its range might extend south to Malaysia, as similar frogs have been reported from Pahang.[2]
This species is notable for having a highly confusing taxonomy, discussed in detail in the Taxonomy section below. It had its scientific name changed twice, was described under different names two times and more than 130 years apart, and has had a second species confused with it. Only in 2007, some degree of certainty about what kind of frog to which the name R. bipunctatus actually applies was achieved.[2]
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Himalaya Flying Frog: Rhacophorus bipunctatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T198297193A55071270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T198297193A55071270.en. 198297193. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ a b Bordoloi et al. (2007)