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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] |
