Rhacophoridae

Rhacophoridae diversity

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
Subfamiliae (2): Buergeriinae – Rhacophorinae

Overview of genera (22 + †1): Beddomixalus – Buergeria – Chirixalus – Chiromantis – Feihyla – Ghatixalus – Gracixalus – †Indorana – Kurixalus – Leptomantis – Liuixalus – Mercurana – Nasutixalus – Nyctixalus – Philautus – Polypedates – Pseudophilautus – Raorchestes – Rhacophorus – Rohanixalus – Taruga – Theloderma – Zhangixalus

Name

Rhacophoridae Hoffman, 1932: 581 [conserved by Article 40.2 (ICZN 1999)]

• Type genus: Rhacophorus Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1822.

Synonyms

• Polypedatidae Günther, 1858: 346
  • Type genus: Polypedates Tschudi, 1838.

References

Primary references

• Hoffman, A.C. 1932. Researches relating to the validity of the South African Polypedatidae (Rhacophoridae) as an autonomous family of the Anura. South African Journal of Science 29: 562–583.
• Günther, A. 1858. On the systematic arrangement of the tailless batrachians and the structure of Rhinophrynus dorsalis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26(1): 339–352. BHL

Additional references

• Liem, S.S. 1970. The morphology, systematics and evolution of Old World treefrogs (Rhacophorinae and Hyperoliidae). Fieldiana. Zoology 57: 1–145. BHL Reference page. 
• Channing, A. 1989. A re-evaluation of the phylogeny of Old World Treefrogs. South African Journal of Zoology 24(2): 116–131. DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1989.11448143 Reference page. 
• Wilkinson, J.A. & Drewes, R.C. 2000. Character assessment, genus level boundaries, and phylogenetic analysis of the family Rhacophoridae: a review and present day status. Contemporary Herpetology 2000(2): 1–14. DOI: 10.17161/ch.vi1.11961 Reference page. 
• Wilkinson, J.A., Drewes, R.C. & Tatum, O.L. 2002. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the family Rhacophoridae with an emphasis on the Asian and African genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 24(2): 265–273. DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00212-9 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. 
• Li, J.-T., Che, J., Murphy, R.W., Zhao, H., Zhao, E.-M., Rao, D.-Q. & Zhang, Y.-P. 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(2): 509–522. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.023 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Pyron, A.A. & Wiens, J.J. 2011. A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2,800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(2): 543–583. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.06.012 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. 
• Chan, K.O., Grismer, L.L. & Brown, R.M. 2018. Comprehensive multi-locus phylogeny of Old World tree frogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae) reveals taxonomic uncertainties and potential cases of over- and underestimation of species diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127: 1010–1019. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.07.005 Reference page. 
• Chen, J.-M., Prendini, E., Wu, Y.-H., Zhang, B.-L., Suwannapoom, C., Chen, H.-M., Jin, J.-Q., Lemmon, E.M., Lemmon, A.R., Stuart, B.L., Raxworthy, C.J., Murphy, R.W., Yuan, Z.-Y. & Che, J. 2020. An integrative phylogenomic approach illuminates the evolutionary history of Old World tree frogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 145: 106724. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106724 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Rhacophoridae. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 (7 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

беларуская: Весланогі
Deutsch: Ruderfrösche
English: Old World Tree Frogs
magyar: Valodi bekak
日本語: アオガエル科
norsk: Frosker
slovenčina: Lietavkovité
svenska: Akta grodor
ไทย: ปาดโลกเก่า

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