''Rentapia'' is a genus of true toads, family

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. It is

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and occurs in the

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(including extreme southern peninsular Thailand),

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, and

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. It was erected in 2016 resolve the

polyphyly A polyphyletic group is an assemblage of organisms or other evolving elements that is of mixed evolutionary origin. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of converg ...

of ''

Pedostibes The Malabar tree toad (''Pedostibes tuberculosus''), or warty Asian tree toad, is a species of toad found in forests along the Western Ghats of great Karnataka or Deccan. It is a small species and is found in wet tree hollows or leaf bases con ...

''.

Etymology

The generic epithet honors the legendary

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warrior Libau Rentap, "a great war chief, freedom fighter, and Malaysian national hero."

Description

''Rentapia'' are relatively large toads—in the larger species (''Rentapia hosii''), males can grow to and females to in snout–vent length. Interorbital cranial crests are absent. The

parotoid gland The parotoid gland (alternatively, paratoid gland) is an external skin gland on the back, neck, and shoulder of toads and some frogs and salamanders. It can secrete a number of milky alkaloid substances (depending on the species) known collective ...

s are large and distinct, and may be oval, circular, or triangular in dorsal view. The fingers have basal webbing and tips that are expanded into flat discs. The feet are fully webbed on all toes except the fourth one. Males have nuptial pads.

Ecology

Adult ''Rentapia'' are primarily

arboreal Arboreal locomotion is the Animal locomotion, locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals may scale trees only occasionally, but others are exclusively arboreal. Th ...

and live in

riparian A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. Riparian is also the proper nomenclature for one of the terrestrial biomes of the Earth. Plant habitats and communities along the river margins and banks ar ...

vegetation around small- to moderately-sized forest streams. The eggs are small and pigmented and laid as strings.

Species

There are three recognized species: * '' Rentapia everetti'' (Boulenger, 1896) * '' Rentapia flavomaculata'' Chan, Abraham, and Badli-Sham, 2020 * '' Rentapia hosii'' (Boulenger, 1892) The formerly recognised ''Rentapia rugosa'' is a

synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...

of ''R. everetti''.

References

{{taxonbar, from=Q22424054 Bufonidae Amphibians of Asia Amphibian genera Taxa named by Robin Kurian Abraham Taxa named by Rafe M. Brown Taxa named by Larry Lee Grismer Taxa named by Chan Kin Onn