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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] |
Zhangixalus
''Zhangixalus'' is a genus of frogs in the subfamily Rhacophorinae, family (biology), family Rhacophoridae. They are collectively known as Zhang's treefrogs. They occur in the Eastern Himalayas, southern China, Taiwan, Japan, and southeast Asia. Etymology The name of the genus honors Zhang Ya-Ping from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in recognition to his contributions to biodiversity and evolution research in China, in combination with ''ixalus'', a common generic root for treefrogs. Taxonomy ''Zhangixalus'' was erected in a 2019 revision of the then very large genus ''Rhacophorus'' (92 species) that was split in three lineages: ''Rhacophorus'' sensu stricto (then 39 species; as of November 2021, 43 species), resurrected ''Leptomantis'' (then 14 species; as of November 2021, 13 species), and ''Zhangixalus'' (then 37 species; as of November 2021, 40 species). The split was based on molecular data, but was supported by morphological characteristics and differences in geographic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohanixalus
''Rohanixalus'' is a genus of tree frogs in the family Rhacophoridae native to the Andaman islands and Indo-Burma region. The genus was established in 2020 by Indian herpetologist S.D. Biju of the University of Delhi and his colleagues. The genus comprises eight species. Etymology The genus was named after Sri Lankan taxonomist Rohan Pethiyagoda, who is a prominent Ichthyologist responsible for the discovery and/or description Description is the pattern of narrative development that aims to make vivid a place, object, character, or group. Description is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as ''modes of discourse''), along with exposition, argumentation, and narr ... of almost 100 new species of vertebrates from Sri Lanka, including fishes, amphibians and lizards, in addition to 43 species of freshwater crabs. Description The species of the genus characterised by a small and slender body with a size about long. There is a pair of contrastingly colored lateral lines on e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudophilautus
''Pseudophilautus'' is a genus of shrub frogs in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India and to Sri Lanka where the majority of the species are found. Many of them are already extinct (marked with † in the species list). On the other, some species believed to be extinct have also been rediscovered. '' Pseudophilautus amboli'', one of the Indian species Reproduction Frogs in genus ''Pseudophilautus'' have direct development: eggs develop directly into froglets that resemble small adults. This strategy makes fully terrestrial reproduction possible. However, the eggs still require high humidity, and periods of dry weather may be detrimental. The majority of species where reproductive behaviour is known deposit eggs in soil on the forest floor and only one (''Pseudophilautus femoralis'') on the leaves of understory shrubs. Males use advertisement calls to attract females, and tend to call more intensively during darkness and when humidity is h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philautus
''Philautus'' is a genus of shrub frogs in the family Rhacophoridae from Asia. Some species in this genus are now considered extinct by IUCN, while others are widespread and abundant (such as the recently described ''P. abundus'', which was specifically named for this fact). The taxonomy of the group is unclear, with many poorly described species. This genus is unique in that development not direct, with all growth inside the egg and no free-swimming tadpole stage. Some species have been found to bury their eggs in soil, although they are arboreal, and others attach their eggs to leaves. Revision In early 2009, Delhi University researchers revised this genus after discovering and rediscovering species in Western Ghats forest. List of species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Philautus'': * ''Philautus abditus'' Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999 * ''Philautus acutirostris'' (Peters, 1867) * ''Philautus acutus'' Dring, 1987 * ''Philautus amabilis'' Wostl, Riy ... [...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] |
Vampyrius
Rhacophorus vampyrus (''Vampyrius vampyrus'') is a medium-sized species of flying frogs endemic to Vietnam. It is found in Southern Vietnam, and is not known to be found in other places globally. It Is in the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, and class Amphibia. Along with this, it is in the order Anura, family Rhacophoridae, and it is the only member of the genus ''Vampyrus''. It is also known as the vampire tree frog or the vampire flying frog because of the presence of a pair of fang-like hooks in the mouth of the tadpoles. Its Vietnamese name is ''Ếch cây ma cà rồng''. It is found in montane evergreen forests at 1470–2004 m. The frog is adapted to arboreal living with webbings of feet that allow it to glide between trees. These webbed feet give the name "flying" to the common name vampire flying frog, as the frog glides between trees it appears to be flying. ''Rhacophorus vampyrus'' and ''Vampyrius vampyrus'' are used interchangeably between academic articles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romerus
''Romerus'' is a small genus of Rhacophoridae, rhacophorid frogs that are distributed in southern China (Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong). Some species now in ''Romerus'' were originally placed in ''Philautus''. It is thought to be the most Basal (phylogenetics), basal genus in the Rhacophorinae. The genus was first erected as ''Liuixalus'' in 2008 based on Molecular phylogenetics, molecular genetic evidence showing distinctness of ''Liuixalus romeri'' (then known as ''Chiromantis romeri'') from the rest of ''Chiromantis.'' The genus name ''Liuixalus'' commemorates , a Chinese herpetologist. In 2021, another phylogenetic study deemed the name ''Liuixalus'' as invalidly proposed due to a lack of a diagnosis for the genus in the original study, and thus redescribed the genus as ''Romerus'', alongside morphological characteristics distinguishing it. The name ''Romerus'' commemorates British herpetologist John D. Romer. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyctixalus
''Nyctixalus'' is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. The common name is Indonesian tree frogs. They can be found in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines, and southern Vietnam. ''Nyctixalus'' is the sister taxon of ''Theloderma''. It has also been considered subgenus of ''Theloderma'', but the most recent research treat it as a distinct genus. Description ''Nyctixalus'' are medium-sized frogs with adults being in snout–vent length. Their body and limbs have numerous spiny tubercles. Fingers are free or webbed at base. Vocal sac is always absent. Species There are three species in the genus: * '' Nyctixalus margaritifer'' Boulenger, 1882 * ''Nyctixalus pictus ''Nyctixalus pictus'', also known as cinnamon frog, cinnamon treefrog, cinnamon bush frog, painted Indonesian treefrog, and white-spotted treefrog, etc., is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula (includ ...'' (Peters, 1871) * '' Nyctixalus spin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beddomixalus
''Beddomixalus'' is a monotypic genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. The only described species, ''Beddomixalus bijui'', is endemic to the Western Ghats, India. Its name is derived from a combination of the cognomen of Richard Henry Beddome, in honour of his work on the amphibian diversity of the Western Ghats, as well as ''Ixalus'', which is often used as a suffix for names of rhacophorid genera. Description ''Beddomixalus'' differs from the other rhacophorid genera by being a slender and elongated medium-sized frog, the female measuring up to in length; its yellowish-buff or reddish-brown dorsum carrying two distinct yellowish-cream longitudinal stripes; vomerine teeth and an absent lingual papilla; distinct supratympanic fold as well as tympanum; a rounded canthus rostralis; an obtusely concave loreal region; a simple and tubular Wolffian duct. At the same time, the early development of non-pigmented eggs occur exposed on moist swamp beds, without protection nor pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theloderma
''Theloderma'', the bug-eyed frogs, mossy frogs or warty frogs, is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. They are found from northeastern India and southern China, through Southeast Asia, to the Greater Sunda Islands; the highest species richness is in Indochina. Some species, especially '' T. corticale'', are sometimes kept in captivity. They are medium to small-sized frogs with maximum snout–vent lengths that range from depending on species, and their skin can be smooth, warty or tuberculated. The genus includes species that are contrastingly marked, but most are very well-camouflaged, resembling plant material (typically bark or moss) or bird droppings. Little is known about their behavior, but they feed on small arthropods. In species where known, breeding takes place in a small water pool in a cavity of a tree, bamboo or karst. The female places 4–20 eggs just above the water. After about one to two weeks they hatch into tadpoles that d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gracixalus
''Gracixalus'' is a genus of shrub frogs (family Rhacophoridae) from south-eastern Asia. Phylogenetic evidence indicates that it is the sister genus to the genus ''Vampyrius Rhacophorus vampyrus (''Vampyrius vampyrus'') is a medium-sized species of flying frogs endemic to Vietnam. It is found in Southern Vietnam, and is not known to be found in other places globally. It Is in the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata ...'', which contains the vampire tree frog. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Gracixalus'': * '' Gracixalus ananjevae'' (Matsui and Orlov, 2004) * '' Gracixalus carinensis'' (Boulenger, 1893) * '' Gracixalus gracilipes'' (Bourret, 1937) * '' Gracixalus guangdongensis'' Wang, Zeng, Liu, and Wang, 2018 * '' Gracixalus jinggangensis'' Zeng, Zhao, Chen, Chen, Zhang, and Wang, 2017 * '' Gracixalus jinxiuensis'' (Hu, 1978) * '' Gracixalus lumarius'' Rowley, Le, Dau, Hoang & Cao, 2014 * '' Gracixalus medogensis'' (Ye & Hu, 1984) * '' Gracixa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raorchestes
''Raorchestes'' is a genus of frogs in the subfamily Rhacophorinae that are found in mountainous regions of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and southern China. A recent study places ''Raorchestes'' as a sister taxon of ''Pseudophilautus''. Before the description of the genus in 2010, species now in ''Raorchestes'' had been assigned to genera ''Ixalus'' (no longer recognized), ''Philautus'', and ''Pseudophilautus''. The genus is named in honour of C. R. Narayan Rao in recognition of his contribution to Indian batrachology. The other root ''orchestes'' is based on an older genus name for frogs of the ''Philautus'' group, ''Orchestes'' Tschudi 1838. Extensive exploration in the range of the genus in the Western Ghats of India suggests an under-estimation of the number of species in the genus. A study of the diverse species of the genus show that the separate isolated massifs of the Western Ghats played a major role in the speciation and habitat specificity seen in the genus of bush ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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