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Feihyla
''Feihyla'' is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. They are found in southern China and Vietnam, and likely also in Laos. Its phylogenetic position is not yet fully resolved, but it is probably the sister taxon to ''Taruga'', ''Polypedates'', and ''Rhacophorus''. ''Feihyla'' was originally erected to resolve polyphyly of ''Chirixalus'' by absorbing '' "Chirixalus palpebralis"''. Description The synapomorphy In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy). A synapomorphy is an apomorphy shared by two or more taxa and is therefore hypothesized to have ... diagnosing ''Feihyla'' is its reproductive mode, laying eggs in a jelly containing some bubbles. Species The following species are recognized in the genus ''Feihyla'': * '' Feihyla fuhua'' Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010 * '' Feihyla inexpectata'' (Matsui, Shimada, and Sudin, 2014) * '' Feihyla kaja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feihyla Fuhua
''Feihyla'' is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. They are found in southern China and Vietnam, and likely also in Laos. Its phylogenetic position is not yet fully resolved, but it is probably the sister taxon to ''Taruga'', ''Polypedates'', and '' Rhacophorus''. ''Feihyla'' was originally erected to resolve polyphyly of ''Chirixalus ''Chirixalus'' is a genus of frogs in the moss frog family (Rhacophoridae). Formerly used to classify Asian species of ''Chiromantis ''Chiromantis'' is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, commonly known as foam-nest frogs or foam-ne ...'' by absorbing '' "Chirixalus palpebralis"''. Description The synapomorphy diagnosing ''Feihyla'' is its reproductive mode, laying eggs in a jelly containing some bubbles. Species The following species are recognized in the genus ''Feihyla'': * '' Feihyla fuhua'' Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010 * '' Feihyla inexpectata'' (Matsui, Shimada, and Sudin, 2014) * '' Feihyla kaj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feihyla
''Feihyla'' is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. They are found in southern China and Vietnam, and likely also in Laos. Its phylogenetic position is not yet fully resolved, but it is probably the sister taxon to ''Taruga'', ''Polypedates'', and ''Rhacophorus''. ''Feihyla'' was originally erected to resolve polyphyly of ''Chirixalus'' by absorbing '' "Chirixalus palpebralis"''. Description The synapomorphy In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy). A synapomorphy is an apomorphy shared by two or more taxa and is therefore hypothesized to have ... diagnosing ''Feihyla'' is its reproductive mode, laying eggs in a jelly containing some bubbles. Species The following species are recognized in the genus ''Feihyla'': * '' Feihyla fuhua'' Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010 * '' Feihyla inexpectata'' (Matsui, Shimada, and Sudin, 2014) * '' Feihyla kaja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feihyla Kajau
''Feihyla kajau'', also known as the Dring's flying frog, white-eared tree frog, and white-eared jelly-nest frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Borneo and found in all major jurisdictions of the island Kalimantan (Indonesia), Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia), and Brunei. The specific name ''kajau'' is Berawan for "charming". Description Males grow to in snout–vent length while females can reach larger sizes. The body is slender. The snout is very short and blunt. The tympanum is small and inconspicuous. The finger and toe tips are broadly rounded. The outer fingers have basal webbing the toes are half-webbed. Skin is dorsally finely shagreened. The dorsum is green above, abruptly ending at flanks, and brown posteriorly in the pelvic region, scattered white dots above. The venter is white anteriorly and transparent posteriorly. The iris is silvery below and golden above, with some dark reticulation and golden ring around pupil that is horizon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chirixalus Vittiger
''Feihyla vittiger'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to West Java, Indonesia, and has been recorded in Mount Halimun Salak National Park and Pangalengan. Common names Indonesian bubble-nest frog and wine-coloured tree bubble-nest frog have been proposed for it. Habitat and conservation ''Feihyla vittiger'' occurs in vegetation surrounding ponds in mostly secondary montane forest at elevations of above sea level; it can also be found in ponds near pine and tea plantations. Females lay their eggs on leaves overhanging ponds and attend to them until the eggs hatch into free-living tadpoles. ''Feihyla vittiger'' can be locally common. It is potentially threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ... caused by small-scale f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feihyla Palpebralis
''Feihyla palpebralis'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae, sometimes known as the Vietnamese bubble-nest frog or the white-cheeked small treefrog. In addition to its type locality, Langbian Plateau in southeastern Vietnam, it is found in southern China (southern Yunnan and western Guizhou) and northern Vietnam south to Tam Dao, and is expected to be found in the intervening Laos and Vietnam. Males from China are reported to grow to a snout–vent length of about . Males from the Central Highlands of Vietnam are reported to have a snout–vent length of and females . A late-stage tadpole measured . Natural habitats of ''Feihyla palpebralis'' are pools and swampy riparian areas in forests; its habitat outside the breeding season is poorly known. They lay single eggs on plant stems above water. Reproductive season in the Central Highlands of Vietnam is April–May. This species is threatened by habitat loss caused by forest degradation Forest degradation is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samkos Bush Frog
The Samkos bush frog (''Feihyla samkosensis'') is a moss frog found in Cambodia in the Cardamom Mountains. It was first described in 2007. Description The Samkos bush frog is relatively small, around in snout-to- vent length.http://www.geo-bio.fr/cuora_amb/_JP108.pdf It has a smooth body and translucent skin; its blood is externally visible. It has green-colored blood and turquoise-hued bones, a result of a pigment in waste products, biliverdin. Distribution The species is found in the jungle terrain of the Cardamom Mountains in southwestern Cambodia. It was found in Pursat Province in the Phnom Samkos area at above sea level. Conservation status ''F. samkosensis'' is listed as "vulnerable" by the IUCN. Human expansion threatens the species, notably via a new, wide, graded road through the middle of the type locality. See also *''Prasinohaema ''Prasinohaema'' (Greek: "green blood") is a genus of skinks characterized by having green blood. This condition is caused by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feihyla Inexpectata
''Feihyla inexpectata'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. This recently (2014) described species is endemic to Malaysian Borneo and known from its type locality in the Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sandakan Division, Sabah and from Danum Valley, also in Sabah. Common name Bornean opposite-fingered tree frog has been coined for it. Etymology The specific name ''inexpectata'' is Latin and refers to the fact that finding a species of the genus ''Chiromantis'', as the species was originally assigned to, was considered unexpected in Borneo given that the genus was previously only known from continental South-East Asia. Description The type series consists of two adult males and a metamorphosing juvenile. The adult males measured in snout–vent length (SVL). The metamorph measured SVL and had a tiny tail stump. Females are unknown. The head is wider than the body. The snout is truncated in the side view and sloping anteroventrally. The canthus rostralis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polypedates
''Polypedates'' is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, the shrub frogs and Paleotropic tree frogs. They belong to subfamily Rhacophorinae. Members of this genus are collectively known as whipping frogs. They occur in eastern and southern Asia. The delimitation of ''Polypedates'' versus the related ''Rhacophorus'' has been difficult. In former times, the present genus was often entirely included in ''Rhacophorus''. However, molecular phylogenetic studies support the recognition of both genera. ''Polypedates'' + '' Taruga'' are considered to be the sister taxon of '' Feihyla'' + ''Rhacophorus''. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Polypedates'', with new species still being described on a regular basis: * '' Polypedates assamensis'' Mathew & Sen, 2009 * '' Polypedates bengalensis'' Purkayastha et al., 2019 * '' Polypedates braueri'' (Vogt, 1911) – White-lipped treefrog or Java treefrog * '' Polypedates colletti'' (Boulenger, 1890) – Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhacophoridae
The Rhacophoridae are a family of frogs that occur in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, South India and Sri Lanka, Japan, northeastern India to eastern China and Taiwan, south through the Philippines and Greater Sundas, and Sulawesi. They are commonly known as shrub frogs, or more ambiguously as " moss frogs" or " bush frogs". Some Rhacophoridae are called "tree frogs". Among the most spectacular members of this family are numerous "flying frogs". Although a few groups are primarily terrestrial, rhacophorids are predominantly arboreal treefrogs. Mating frogs, while in amplexus, hold on to a branch, and beat their legs to form a foam. The eggs are laid in the foam and covered with seminal fluid before the foam hardens into a protective casing. In some species, this is done in a large group. The foam is laid above a water source so the tadpoles fall into the water once they hatch. The species within this family vary in size from . Like other arboreal frogs, they have toe discs, and thos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhacophorinae
The Rhacophorinae are a subfamily of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. They range from tropical Africa and Asia to temperate China and Japan. Genera The following genera are recognised in the subfamily Rhacophorinae, representing 422 species: * '' Beddomixalus'' Abraham, Pyron, Ansil, Zachariah, and Zachariah, 2013 (monotypic) * ''Chirixalus'' Boulenger, 1893 (six species) * ''Chiromantis'' Peters, 1854 (four species) * ''Feihyla'' Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006 (six species) * '' Ghatixalus'' Biju, Roelants, and Bossuyt, 2008 (three species) * '' Gracixalus'' Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2005 (18 species) * '' Kurixalus'' Ye, Fei, and Dubois, 1999 (22 species) * '' Leptomantis'' Peters, 1867 (13 species) * ''Mercurana'' Abraham ''et al''., 2013 (monotypic) * ''Nasutixalus'' Jiang, Yan, Wang, and Che, 2016 (three species) * '' Nycti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synapomorphy
In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy). A synapomorphy is an apomorphy shared by two or more taxa and is therefore hypothesized to have evolved in their most recent common ancestor. ) In cladistics, synapomorphy implies homology. Examples of apomorphy are the presence of erect gait, fur, the evolution of three middle ear bones, and mammary glands in mammals but not in other vertebrate animals such as amphibians or reptiles, which have retained their ancestral traits of a sprawling gait and lack of fur. Thus, these derived traits are also synapomorphies of mammals in general as they are not shared by other vertebrate animals. Etymology The word —coined by German entomologist Willi Hennig—is derived from the Ancient Greek words (''sún''), meaning "with, together"; (''apó''), meaning "away from"; and (''morphḗ''), meaning "shape, form". Clade analysis T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhacophorus
''Rhacophorus'' is a genus of frogs in the shrub frog family (biology), family (Rhacophoridae) and the related Hylidae make up the true tree frogs. They are found in India, Japan, Madagascar, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Over 40 species are currently recognised. These frogs have long toes with strong webbing between them, enabling the animals to slow their fall to a glide, a form of arboreal locomotion known as parachuting. They are, therefore, among the anura (frog), anurans commonly known as "flying frogs". The present genus is closely related to ''Polypedates'', which in former times was often included in ''Rhacophorus''. Even today, it is not fully resolved in which of these genera ''Polypedates feae, "P." feae'' and the Chinese flying frog (''"R." dennysi'') properly belong, and the supposedly new species ''"P. pingbianensis"'' has turned out to be the same as ''Rhacophorus duboisi, R. duboisi''. Reproduction These frogs lay their eggs in aerial foam nests; upon hatching, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
