''Feihyla'' is a genus of
frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...
s in the family
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 ...
,
subfamily
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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
In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.
Definition
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Taxon A and t ...
to ''
Taruga
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'', ''
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 sout ...
'', and ''
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 curren ...
''.
''Feihyla'' was originally erected to resolve
polyphyly
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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"''.
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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 kajau'' (Dring, 1983)
* '' Feihyla palpebralis'' (Smith, 1924)
* '' Feihyla samkosensis'' (Grismer, Neang, Chav, and Holden, 2007)
* '' Feihyla vittiger'' (Boulenger, 1897)
]
References
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Rhacophoridae
Amphibians of Asia
Amphibian genera