''Chirixalus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of frogs in the moss frog

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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 com ...

). Formerly used to classify Asian species of ''

Chiromantis ''Chiromantis'' is a genus of 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 thro ...

'' and later synonymized with that genus, it was removed from synonymy and resurrected in 2020.

Species

The following species are now recognised in the genus ''Chirixalus'': * ''

Chirixalus cherrapunjiae ''Chirixalus cherrapunjiae'', with the common names Cherrapunji bubble-nest frog or Cherrapunji bush frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to north-eastern India. Taxonomy and systematics This species was ori ...

'' (Roonwal and Kripalani, 1966) * ''

Chirixalus doriae ''Chirixalus doriae'', commonly known as Doria's Asian treefrog, Doria's bush frog, Doria's bush frog, and Doria's tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in southeastern Asia, from extreme northeastern India ( ...

'' Boulenger, 1893 * ''

Chirixalus dudhwaensis ''Chirixalus dudhwaensis'', commonly known as the Dudhwa tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to India, being only known from the vicinity of the type locality, Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh. ...

'' Ray, 1992 * ''

Chirixalus nongkhorensis ''Chirixalus nongkhorensis'', also known as the Nongkhor Asian treefrog, Nongkhor pigmy tree frog, Nong Khor bushfrog, and Nongkhor foam-nest treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in north-eastern India (Assam), ...

'' (Cochran, 1927) *''

Chirixalus pantaiselatan ''Chirixalus'' is a genus of frogs in the moss frog family ( Rhacophoridae). Formerly used to classify Asian species of ''Chiromantis'' and later synonymized with that genus, it was removed from synonymy and resurrected in 2020. Species The fo ...

'' (Munir, Hamidy, Kusrini, Kennedi, Ridha, Qayyim, Rafsanzani, and Nishikawa, 2021) * ''

Chirixalus simus ''Chirixalus simus'', commonly known as Assam Asian frog, Assam tree frog, Annandale's tree frog, and Annandale's pigmy tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae found in Bangladesh and north-eastern India (in Assam, Mizoram ...

'' Annandale, 1915 * ''

Chirixalus trilaksonoi ''Chirixalus'' is a genus of frogs in the moss frog family ( Rhacophoridae). Formerly used to classify Asian species of ''Chiromantis'' and later synonymized with that genus, it was removed from synonymy and resurrected in 2020. Species The fo ...

'' (Riyanto and Kurniati, 2014)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q843109 Rhacophoridae Amphibians of Asia Amphibian genera Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger