''Gracixalus'' is a genus of shrub frogs (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 ...

) from south-eastern Asia. Phylogenetic evidence indicates that it is the

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to the genus '' Vampyrius'', which contains the

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Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Gracixalus'': * '' Gracixalus carinensis'' (Boulenger, 1893) * '' Gracixalus gracilipes'' (Bourret, 1937) * '' Gracixalus guangdongensis'' Wang, Zeng, Liu, and Wang, 2018 * '' Gracixalus jinggangensis'' Zeng, Zhao, Chen, Chen, Zhang, and Wang, 2017 * '' Gracixalus jinxiuensis'' (Hu, 1978) * '' Gracixalus lumarius'' Rowley, Le, Dau, Hoang & Cao, 2014 * '' Gracixalus medogensis'' (Ye & Hu, 1984) * '' Gracixalus nonggangensis'' Mo, Zhang, Luo & Chen, 2013 * '' Gracixalus patkaiensis'' Boruah, Deepak, Patel, Jithin, Yomcha and Das, 2023 * '' Gracixalus quangi'' (Rowley, Dau, Nguyen, Cao & Nguyen, 2011) * '' Gracixalus quyeti'' (Nguyen, Hendrix, Böhme, Vu & Ziegler, 2008) * '' Gracixalus sapaensis'' Matsui, Ohler, Eto, and Nguyen, 2017 * '' Gracixalus seesom'' (Matsui, Khonsue, Panha & Eto, 2015) * '' Gracixalus supercornutus'' (Orlov, Ho & Nguyen, 2004) * '' Gracixalus tianlinensis'' Chen, Bei, Liao, Zhou, and Mo, 2018 *'' Gracixalus trieng'' *'' Gracixalus truongi'' Tran, Pham, Le, Nguyen, Ziegler, and Pham, 2023 * '' Gracixalus yunnanensis'' Yu, Li, Wang, Rao, Wu, and Yang, 2019 * '' Gracixalus ziegleri'' Le, Do, Tran, Nguyen, Orlov, Ninh & Nguyen, 2021

References

Rhacophoridae Amphibians of Asia Amphibian genera {{rhacophoridae-stub