''Philautus'' is a genus of shrub frogs 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 ...
from Asia. Some species in this genus are now considered extinct by
IUCN
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, while others are widespread and abundant (such as the recently described ''P. abundus'', which was specifically named for this fact). The
taxonomy
Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification.
A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...
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
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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'':
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Philautus abditus
''Philautus abditus'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in the highlands of central Vietnam (Kon Tum and Gia Lai Provinces) as well as in extreme northeastern Cambodia ( Ratanakiri Province). The specific name ''abdi ...
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Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999
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Philautus acutirostris
''Philautus acutirostris'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae.
It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
It is threate ...
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(Peters, 1867)
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Philautus acutus
''Philautus acutus'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae.
It is found in Malaysia and possibly Brunei.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. ...
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Dring, 1987
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Philautus amabilis
''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 spe ...
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Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017
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Philautus amoenus
''Philautus amoenus'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to northern Borneo and known from Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Its natural habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, ...
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Smith, 1931
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Philautus aurantium
''Philautus aurantium'' (common names: Mendolong bubble-nest frog, golden-legged bush frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Borneo and found in the Mount Kinabalu region in Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia. '' Philau ...
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Inger, 1989
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Philautus aurifasciatus
''Philautus aurifasciatus'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae.
It is endemic to Indonesia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
It is threatened ...
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(Schlegel, 1837)
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Philautus bunitus''
Inger, Stuebing, and Tan, 1995
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Philautus cardamonus
''Philautus cardamonus'' is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae.
It is endemic to Cambodia, only known from the vicinity of the type locality in the Phnom Sankos Wildlife Sanctuary in the Cardamom Mountains.
Its natural habitat is s ...
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Ohler, Swan, and Daltry, 2002
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Philautus catbaensis
''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 spe ...
''
Milto, Poyarkov, Orlov, and Nguyen, 2013
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Philautus cinerascens''
(Stoliczka, 1870)
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Philautus cornutus''
(Boulenger, 1920)
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Philautus davidlabangi
''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 spe ...
''
Matsui, 2009
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Philautus disgregus''
Inger, 1989
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Philautus dubius
''Philautus dubius'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae.
It is endemic to India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most popu ...
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(Boulenger, 1882)
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Philautus erythrophthalmus''
Stuebing and Wong, 2000
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Philautus everetti''
(Boulenger, 1894)
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Philautus garo
''Philautus garo'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae.
It is endemic to India, and has been recorded in the Garo Hills of Assam and Meghalaya, and in Dzulake in Nagaland.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland ...
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(Boulenger, 1919)
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Philautus gunungensis
''Philautus gunungensis'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to the Mount Kinabalu region, in Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo.
Its natural habitat is tropical montane forest at around asl. There are no specific threats to ...
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Malkmus and Riede, 1996
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Philautus hosii
''Philautus hosii'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Borneo and has been found at above sea level. The specific name of the synonym, ''Polypedates chlorophthalmus'', refers to its "remarkable green iris", from ...
''
(Boulenger, 1895)
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Philautus ingeri''
Dring, 1987
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Philautus jacobsoni
''Philautus jacobsoni'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae.
It is endemic to Java, Indonesia. It is known only from Mount Ungaran, Central Java, Indonesia. There is only one preserved specimen held at the Naturalis Biodiversity Cent ...
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(Van Kampen, 1912)
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Philautus juliandringi''
Dehling, 2010
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Philautus kakipanjang''
Dehling and Dehling, 2013
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Philautus kempiae''
(Boulenger, 1919)
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Philautus kempii''
(Annandale, 1912)
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Philautus kerangae''
Dring, 1987
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Philautus leitensis''
(Boulenger, 1897)
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Philautus longicrus''
(Boulenger, 1894)
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Philautus macroscelis''
(Boulenger, 1896)
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Philautus maosonensis''
Bourret, 1937
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Philautus microdiscus''
(Annandale, 1912)
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Philautus mjobergi
''Philautus mjobergi'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to northern Borneo and found in Kalimantan (Indonesia) and Sarawak (Malaysia). The specific name ''mjobergi'' honours Eric Mjöberg, a Swedish naturalist, eth ...
''
Smith, 1925
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Philautus namdaphaensis''
Sarkar and Sanyal, 1985
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Philautus nephophilus''
Dehling, Matsui, and Yambun Imbun, 2016
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Philautus nianeae''
Stuart, Phimmachak, Seateun, and Sheridan, 2013
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Philautus pallidipes''
(Barbour, 1908)
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Philautus petersi''
(Boulenger, 1900)
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Philautus poecilius''
Brown and Alcala, 1994
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Philautus polymorphus''
Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017
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Philautus refugii''
Inger and Stuebing, 1996
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Philautus saueri''
Malkmus and Riede, 1996
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Philautus schmackeri''
(Boettger, 1892)
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Philautus surdus''
(Peters, 1863)
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Philautus surrufus''
Brown and Alcala, 1994
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Philautus tectus''
Dring, 1987
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Philautus thamyridion''
Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017
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Philautus tytthus''
Smith, 1940
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Philautus umbra''
Dring, 1987
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Philautus ventrimaculatus''
Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017
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Philautus vermiculatus''
(Boulenger, 1900)
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Philautus worcesteri''
(Stejneger, 1905)
Notes
References
* Gururaja, KV and Dinesh, KP and Palot, MJ and Radhakrishnan, C and Ramachandra, TV (2007) A new species of Philautus Gistel (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 1621:pp. 1–16
PDF* Manamendra-Arachchi, K.& R. Pethiyagoda. 2005 The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 12:163-30
PDF* Meegaskumbura, M. & K. Manamendra-Arachchi. 2005. Description of eight new species of shrub-frogs (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae: Philautus) from Sri Lanka. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 12:305-338
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Rhacophoridae
Amphibians of Asia
Taxa named by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel
Amphibian genera