''Feihyla'' is a genus of
frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...
s in the family
Rhacophoridae
The Rhacophoridae are a family of frogs 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 known as ...
,
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Rhacophorinae
The Rhacophorinae are a subfamily of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. They range from tropical Africa and Asia to temperate China and Japan.
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the subfamily Rhacophorinae, representing 422 species:
* ...
. They are found in southern China and Vietnam, and likely also in Laos. Its phylogenetic position is not yet fully resolved, but it is probably the
sister taxon
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 ...
to ''
Taruga'', ''
Polypedates
''Polypedates'' is a genus of frogs in the family (biology), family Rhacophoridae, the shrub frogs and Paleotropic tree frogs. They belong to subfamily Rhacophorinae. Members of this genus are collectively known as whipping frogs. They occur in ...
'', and ''
Rhacophorus
''Rhacophorus'' is a genus of frogs in the shrub-frog family Rhacophoridae, which, with the related Hylidae, is one of the two genera of true tree frogs. They are found in China, India, Japan, and throughout Southeast Asia, including the island ...
''.
''Feihyla'' was originally erected to resolve
polyphyly
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of ''
Chirixalus
''Chirixalus'' is a genus of frogs in the moss frog family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms th ...
'' by absorbing ''
"Chirixalus palpebralis"''.
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Description
The synapomorphy
In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel Phenotypic trait, character or character state that has evolution, evolved from its ancestral form (or Plesiomorphy and symplesiomorphy, plesiomorphy). A synapomorphy is an apomorphy sh ...
diagnosing ''Feihyla'' is its reproductive mode, laying eggs in a jelly containing some bubbles.
Species
The following species are recognized in the genus ''Feihyla'':[
* '' Feihyla fuhua'' Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010
* '' Feihyla inexpectata'' (Matsui, Shimada, and Sudin, 2014)
* '' Feihyla kajau'' (Dring, 1983)
* '' Feihyla palpebralis'' (Smith, 1924)
* '' Feihyla samkosensis'' (Grismer, Neang, Chav, and Holden, 2007)
* '' Feihyla vittiger'' (Boulenger, 1897)
]
References
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Rhacophoridae
Amphibians of Asia
Amphibian genera