''Gracixalus'' is a genus of
shrub frogs (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 ...
) from south-eastern Asia.
Phylogenetic evidence indicates that it is the
sister genus
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
The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram:
Taxon A and t ...
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 lumarius
''Gracixalus lumarius'', also known as the thorny tree frog or thorny bushfrog, is a species of rhacophorid frog. It is endemic to Vietnam and only known from Mount Ngoc Linh in Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve, Kon Tum Province.
''Gracixalus lumariu ...
'' Rowley, Le, Dau, Hoang & Cao, 2014
* '' Gracixalus medogensis'' (Ye & Hu, 1984)
* '' Gracixalus nonggangensis'' Mo, Zhang, Luo & Chen, 2013
* '' Gracixalus quangi'' (Rowley, Dau, Nguyen, Cao & Nguyen, 2011)
* '' Gracixalus quyeti'' (Nguyen, Hendrix, Böhme, Vu & Ziegler, 2008)
* '' Gracixalus sapaensis'' Matsui, Ohler, Eto, and Nguyen, 2017
* '' Gracixalus seesom'' (Matsui, Khonsue, Panha & Eto, 2015)
* '' Gracixalus supercornutus'' (Orlov, Ho & Nguyen, 2004)
* ''Gracixalus tianlinensis
''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'', which contains the vampire tree frog.
Species
The following speci ...
'' Chen, Bei, Liao, Zhou, and Mo, 2018
*''Gracixalus trieng
''Gracixalus trieng'', also known as the Trieng tree frog or Trieng bushfrog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Vietnam and is only known from the area of its type locality, Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve in Đắk G ...
'' Gracixalus yunnanensis
''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'', which contains the vampire tree frog.
Species
The following speci ...
'' Yu, Li, Wang, Rao, Wu, and Yang, 2019
References
Rhacophoridae
Amphibians of Asia
Amphibian genera
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