Pseudophilautus femoralis

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: Pseudophilautus
Species: Pseudophilautus femoralis

Name

Pseudophilautus femoralis (Günther, 1864)

Type locality: "Ceylon" (= Sri Lanka).

Holotype: BM 1947.2.26.89.

Synonyms

• Ixalus femoralis Günther, 1864
• Ixalus pulchellus Günther, 1872
• Ixalus Fergusonii Günther, 1876
• Rhacophorus (Philautus) femoralis — Ahl, 1931
• Philautus femoralis — Inger in Frost, 1985
• Philautus pulchellus — Inger, Shaffer, Koshy & Bakde, 1985
• Philautus fergusonii — Inger, Shaffer, Koshy & Bakde, 1985
• Philautus (Philautus) femoralis — Bossuyt & Dubois, 2001
• Kirtixalus femoralis — Yu, Rao, Zhang, and Yang, 2009
• Pseudophilautus femoralis — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009

References

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864: The Reptiles of British India. London: Ray Society by R. Hardwicke.
• Bossuyt, F. & A. Dubois. 2001: A review of the frog genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Rhacophorinae). Zeylanica. Colombo, 6: 1–112.
• Inger, R.F., Shaffer, H.B., Koshy, M. & Bakde, R. 1984. A report on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from the Ponmudi, Kerala, South India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 81: 406–427. BHL Reference page. 
• Li, J.-t., J. Che, R. W. Murphy, H. Zhao, E.-m. Zhao, D.-q. Rao & Y.-p. Zhang. 2009: New insights to the molecular phylogenetics and generic assessment in the Rhacophoridae (Amphibia: Anura) based on five nuclear and three mitochondrial genes, with comments on the evolution of reproduction. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 53: 509–522.
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Pseudophilautus femoralis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Pseudophilautus femoralis  (Endangered) Downloaded on 07 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Plain Green Bubble-nest Frog