Raorchestes flaviventris

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: Raorchestes
Species: Raorchestes flaviventris

Name

Raorchestes flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882)

Type locality: "Malabar", India.

Lectotype: BM 1947.2.26.98.

Synonyms

Ixalus flaviventris Boulenger, 1882
Rhacophorus (Philautus) flaviventris — Ahl, 1931
Philautus montanus Rao, 1937
Philautus flaviventris — Gorham, 1974
Philautus hassanensis Dutta, 1985
Philautus (Philautus) flaviventris — Bossuyt & Dubois, 2001
Pseudophilautus flaviventris — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009
Raorchestes flaviventris — Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta & Bossuyt, 2010

References

Abraham, R.K., Zachariah, A. & Cyriac, V.P. 2015. A reappraisal of the rhacophorid bush frog Raorchestes flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882), with an evaluation of the taxonomic status of R. emeraldi Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu and Shankar, 2014. Zootaxa 4048(1): 90–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4048.1.5. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Boulenger, G.A. 1882. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the Collection of the British Museum. Second Edition. Order of the Trustees: London. XVI + 503 pp. BHL Reference page.
Bossuyt, F. & A. Dubois. 2001: A review of the frog genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Rhacophorinae). Zeylanica. Colombo, 6: 1–112.
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.
Biju S.D., Shouche Y., Dubois A., Dutta S.K. & Bossuyt F. 2010: A ground-dwelling rhacophorid frog from the highest mountain peak of the Western Ghats of India. Current Science, 98: 1119–1125. Full article
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Raorchestes flaviventris. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Raorchestes flaviventris (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 07 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Yellow-bellied Bubble-nest Frog