''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 co ...
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
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
Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) ...
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, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017
* ''
Philautus amoenus''
Smith, 1931
* ''
Philautus aurantium''
Inger, 1989
* ''
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)
* ''
Philautus bunitus''
Inger, Stuebing, and Tan, 1995
* ''
Philautus cardamonus''
Ohler, Swan, and Daltry, 2002
* ''
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
* ''
Philautus cinerascens''
(Stoliczka, 1870)
* ''
Philautus cornutus''
(Boulenger, 1920)
* ''
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
* ''
Philautus disgregus''
Inger, 1989
* ''
Philautus dubius''
(Boulenger, 1882)
* ''
Philautus erythrophthalmus''
Stuebing and Wong, 2000
* ''
Philautus everetti''
(Boulenger, 1894)
* ''
Philautus garo''
(Boulenger, 1919)
* ''
Philautus gunungensis''
Malkmus and Riede, 1996
* ''
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 ...
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(Boulenger, 1895)
* ''
Philautus ingeri''
Dring, 1987
* ''
Philautus jacobsoni''
(Van Kampen, 1912)
* ''
Philautus juliandringi''
Dehling, 2010
* ''
Philautus kakipanjang''
Dehling and Dehling, 2013
* ''
Philautus kempiae''
(Boulenger, 1919)
* ''
Philautus kempii''
(Annandale, 1912)
* ''
Philautus kerangae''
Dring, 1987
* ''
Philautus leitensis''
(Boulenger, 1897)
* ''
Philautus longicrus''
(Boulenger, 1894)
* ''
Philautus macroscelis''
(Boulenger, 1896)
* ''
Philautus maosonensis''
Bourret, 1937
* ''
Philautus microdiscus''
(Annandale, 1912)
* ''
Philautus mjobergi''
Smith, 1925
* ''
Philautus namdaphaensis''
Sarkar and Sanyal, 1985
* ''
Philautus nephophilus''
Dehling, Matsui, and Yambun Imbun, 2016
* ''
Philautus nianeae''
Stuart, Phimmachak, Seateun, and Sheridan, 2013
* ''
Philautus pallidipes''
(Barbour, 1908)
* ''
Philautus petersi''
(Boulenger, 1900)
* ''
Philautus poecilius''
Brown and Alcala, 1994
* ''
Philautus polymorphus''
Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017
* ''
Philautus refugii''
Inger and Stuebing, 1996
* ''
Philautus saueri''
Malkmus and Riede, 1996
* ''
Philautus schmackeri''
(Boettger, 1892)
* ''
Philautus surdus''
(Peters, 1863)
* ''
Philautus surrufus''
Brown and Alcala, 1994
* ''
Philautus tectus''
Dring, 1987
* ''
Philautus thamyridion''
Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017
* ''
Philautus tytthus''
Smith, 1940
* ''
Philautus umbra''
Dring, 1987
* ''
Philautus ventrimaculatus''
Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017
* ''
Philautus vermiculatus''
(Boulenger, 1900)
* ''
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