''Chirixalus'' is a
genus
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of frogs in the moss frog
family
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(
Rhacophoridae
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). 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-nest tree frogs. It contains species from the Sub-Saharan African tropics. Following the molecular genetic study by Chen and colleagues (2 ...
'' and later synonymized with that genus, it was removed from synonymy and resurrected in 2020.
Species
The following species are now recognised in the genus ''Chirixalus'':
* ''
Chirixalus cherrapunjiae''
(Roonwal and Kripalani, 1966)
* ''
Chirixalus doriae''
Boulenger, 1893
* ''
Chirixalus dudhwaensis''
Ray, 1992
* ''
Chirixalus nongkhorensis''
(Cochran, 1927)
*''
Chirixalus pantaiselatan''
(Munir, Hamidy, Kusrini, Kennedi, Ridha, Qayyim, Rafsanzani, and Nishikawa, 2021)
* ''
Chirixalus simus''
Annandale, 1915
* ''
Chirixalus trilaksonoi''
(Riyanto and Kurniati, 2014)
References
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Rhacophoridae
Amphibians of Asia
Amphibian genera
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger