Kurixalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Kurixalus
Species (23): K. absconditus – K. appendiculatus – K. baliogaster – K. banaensis – K. berylliniris – K. bisacculus – K. chaseni – K. eiffingeri – K. gracilloides – K. hainanus – K. idiootocus – K. inexpectatus – K. lenquanensis – K. motokawai – K. naso – K. odontotarsus – K. qionglaiensis – K. raoi – K. silvaenaias – K. verrucosus – K. viridescens – K. wangi – K. yangi

Name

Kurixalus Ye, Fei & Dubois in Fei, 1999: 383

Type species: Rana eiffingeri Boettger, 1895, by original designation.

Synonyms

Aquixalus Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean & Ohler, 2005: 166 [synonymized by Li, Che, Bain, Zhao & Zhang (2008: 31)]
- Type species: Philautus odontotarsus Ye & Fei, 1993, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Fei, L. (ed.) 1999. [Atlas of Amphibians of China] (in Chinese). Henan Press of Science and Technology: Hefei. 432 pp. Reference page.
Delorme, M., Dubois, A., Grosjean, S. & Ohler, A. 2005. Une nouvelle classification générique et subgénérique de la tribu des Philautini (Amphibia, Anura, Rhacophorinae). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 74(5): 165–171. DOI: 10.3406/linly.2005.13595 Reference page.
Li, J.-T., Che, J., Bain, R.H., Zhao, E.-M. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2008. Molecular phylogeny of Rhacophoridae (Anura): a framework of taxonomic reassignment of species within the genera Aquixalus, Chiromantis, Rhacophorus and Philautus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48(1): 302–312. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.023 Reference page.

Additional references

Yu, G.-H., Rao, D.-Q., Zhang, M.-W. & Yang, J.-X. 2009. Re-examination of the phylogeny of Rhacophoridae (Anura) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50(3): 571–579. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.023 Reference page.
Li, J.-T., Li, Y., Klaus, S., Rao, D.-Q., Hillis, D.M. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2013. Diversification of rhacophorid frogs provides evidence for accelerated faunal exchange between India and Eurasia during the Oligocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110(9): 3441–3446. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1300881110 Reference page.
Yu, G.-H., Zhang, M.-W. & Yang, J.-X. 2013. Molecular evidence for taxonomy of Rhacophorus appendiculatus and Kurixalus species from northern Vietnam, with comments on systematics of Kurixalus and Gracixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 47: 31–37. DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2012.09.023 Reference page.
Messenger, K.R., Othman, S.N., Chuang, M-F., Yang, Y. & Borzée, A. 2022. Description of a new Kurixalus species (Rhacophoridae, Anura) and a northwards range extension of the genus. Zookeys 1108ː 15–49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1108.81725 Reference page.
Nguyen, T.T., Matsui, M. & Duc, H.M. 2014. A new tree frog of the genus Kurixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. Current Herpetology 33(2): 101–111. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.33.101 Reference page.
Nguyen, T.T., Matsui, M. & Eto, K. 2014. A new cryptic tree frog species allied to Kurixalus banaensis (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 21(4): 295–302. Reference page.
Wu, S-P., Huang, C-C., Tsai, C-L., Lin, T-E., Jhang, J-J. & Wu, S-H. 2016. Systematic revision of the Taiwanese genus Kurixalus members with a description of two new endemic species (Anura, Rhacophoridae). ZooKeys 557: 121–153. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.557.6131 Reference page.
Yu, G-H., Wang, J-S., Hou, M., Rao, D-Q. & Yang, J-X. 2017. A new species of the genus Kurixalus from Yunnan, China (Anura, Rhacophoridae). ZooKeys 694: 71–93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.694.12785 Reference page.
Yu, G.-H., Rao, D.-Q., Matsui, M. & Yang, J.-X. 2017. Coalescent-based delimitation outperforms distance-based methods for delineating less divergent species: the case of Kurixalus odontotarsus species group. Scientific Reports 7(16124): 1–13. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16309-1 Reference page.
Lv, Y.-Y., He, K., Klaus, S., Brown, R.M. & Li, J.-T. 2018. A comprehensive phylogeny of the genus Kurixalus (Rhacophoridae, Anura) sheds light on the geographical range evolution of frilled swamp treefrogs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 121: 224–232. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.019 Reference page.
Matsui, M., Kawahara, Y., Eto, K., Hamidy, A., Ahmad, N. & Hossman, M.Y.B. 2018. Distinct species status of Kurixalus chaseni (Rhacophoridae, Anura) as revealed by mitochondrial phylogeny. Alytes 36(1-4): 170–177. PDF Reference page.
Yu, G., Hui, H., Rao, D. & Yang, J. 2018. A new species of Kurixalus from western Yunnan, China (Anura, Rhacophoridae). Zookeys 770: 211–226. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.770.23526 Reference page.
Mediyansyah, Hamidy, A., Munir, M. & Matsui, M. 2019. A new tree frog of the genus Kurixalus Ye, Fei & Dubois, 1999 (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Treubia 46: 51–72. DOI: 10.14203/treubia.v46i0.3790 Reference page.
Nguyen, T.V., Duong, T.V., Luu, K.T. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2020. A new species of Kurixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from northern Vietnam with comments on the biogeography of the genus. Journal of Natural History 54(1-4): 195–223. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1728411 Reference page.
Yu, G.-H., Du, L.-N., Wang, J.-S., Rao, D.-Q., Wu, Z.-J. & Yang, J.-X. 2020. From mainland to islands: colonization history in the tree frog Kurixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae). Current Zoology 66(6): 667–675. DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoaa023 Reference page.
Hou, M., Peng, X.-P., Miao, J., Liu, S., Li, P.-P. & Orlov, N.L. 2021. Description a new species of genus Kurixalus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Chengdu Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. Animal Molecular Breeding 11(2): 1–16. DOI: 10.5376/amb.2021.11.0002 Reference page.
Zeng, J., Wang, J.-S., Yu, G.-H. & Du, L.-N. 2021. A new species of Kurixalus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Guizhou, China. Zoological Research 42(2): 227–233. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.311 Reference page.
Guo, C.-P., Zhong, M.-J., Leung, K.W., Wang, X.-Y. & Hu, J.-H. 2022. A new species of the genus Kurixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Sichuan Province, southwestern China. Zoological Research 43(1): 90–94. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.293 Reference page.

Links

Frost, D.R. 2021. Kurixalus. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 (3 May 2021). Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001

Vernacular names

English: Frilled Swamp Treefrogs