''Kurixalus'' 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 ...
. The
taxonomy
image:Hierarchical clustering diagram.png, 280px, Generalized scheme of taxonomy
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of small
rhacophids is difficult and has been subject to many revisions, but molecular genetic data do support
monophyly
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# the grouping contains its own most recent comm ...
of ''Kurixalus''. These frogs are distributed from Himalayan front ranges of eastern India southward and eastward to Cambodia, Vietnam, southern China, Taiwan, and the
Ryukyu Islands
The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Geography of Taiwan, Taiwan: the Ryukyu Islands are divided into the Satsunan Islands (Ōsumi Islands, Ōsumi, Tokara Islands, Tokara and A ...
.
Species
, the following 19 species are recognized:
* ''
Kurixalus absconditus''
Mediyansyah, Hamidy, Munir, and Matsui, 2019 – Piasak-frilled swamp treefrog
* ''
Kurixalus appendiculatus''
(Günther, 1858) – frilled tree frog, rough-armed tree frog, or Southeast Asian tree frog
* ''
Kurixalus baliogaster''
(Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999) – belly-spotted frog
* ''
Kurixalus banaensis''
(Bourret, 1939) – Bana bubble-nest frog
* ''
Kurixalus berylliniris''
Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016
* ''
Kurixalus bisacculus''
(Taylor, 1962) − Taylor's treefrog
* ''
Kurixalus chaseni''
(Smith, 1924)
* ''
Kurixalus eiffingeri''
(Boettger, 1895)
* ''
Kurixalus gracilloides''
Nguyen, Duong, Luu, and Poyarkov, 2020
* ''
Kurixalus hainanus''
(Zhao, Wang, and Shi, 2005)
* ''
Kurixalus idiootocus''
(Kuramoto and Wang, 1987) – temple tree frog
* ''
Kurixalus lenquanensis''
Yu, Wang, Hou, Rao, and Yang, 2017
* ''
Kurixalus motokawai''
Nguyen, Matsui, and Eto, 2014
* ''
Kurixalus naso
''Kurixalus naso'', also known as uphill tree frog, long-snouted treefrog, and Annandale's high altitude frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in northeastern India, southern Tibet, and Bhutan. A related but unnamed ...
''
(Annandale, 1912) – uphill tree frog, long-snouted treefrog, Annandale's high altitude frog
* ''
Kurixalus odontotarsus''
(Ye and Fei, 1993) – serrate-legged small treefrog
* ''
Kurixalus verrucosus''
(Boulenger, 1893) – small rough-armed tree frog
* ''
Kurixalus viridescens''
Nguyen, Matsui, and Duc, 2014
* ''
Kurixalus wangi''
Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016
* ''
Kurixalus yangi''
Yu, Hui, Rao, and Yang, 2018
References
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Rhacophoridae
Amphibians of Asia
Amphibian genera