Rhacophorinae (Subfamily)

Overview

Rhacophorinae is a subfamily of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae.

Chirixalus Boulenger, 1893
Chiromantis Peters, 1854
Feihyla Frost et al., 2006 [1]
Kurixalus Ye, Fei, & Dubois In Fei, 1999
Nyctixalus Boulenger, 1882
Philautus Gistel, 1848
Polypedates Tschudi, 1838
Rhacophorus Kuhl & Hasselt, 1822
Theloderma Tschudi, 1838

Taxonomy

The Subfamily Rhacophorinae is a member of the Family Rhacophoridae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Rhacophorinae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
        Class: Amphibia (am-FIB-ee-uh) Gray, 1825
        Subclass: Lissamphibia Haeckel, 1866
        Infraclass: Lissamphibia
        Superorder: Salientia - anurans
        Order: Anura (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825 - Frogs, Toads
        Suborder: Neobatrachia Reig, 1958
        Superfamily: Rhacophoroidea (Hoffman, 1932 (1858))
        Family: Rhacophoridae Hoffman, 1932 (1858) - Old World Tree Frogs
        Subfamily: Rhacophorinae

The Subfamily Rhacophorinae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (14): Chirixalus · Chiromantis · Feihyla · Ghatixalus · Gracixalus · Ixalus · Kurixalus · Liuixalus · Nyctixalus · Philautus · Polypedates · Pseudophilautus · Rhacophorus · Theloderma
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 594 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Rhacophorinae.

Genera

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Chirixalus

Chirixalus is a genus in the moss frog family (Rhacophoridae). They live in southern and eastern Asia. [more]

Chiromantis

Chiromantis is a genus of in the family Rhacophoridae. Most live in the African tropics, but the recently described Chiromantis samkosensis is endemic to Cambodia. [more]

Feihyla

Ghatixalus

Gracixalus

Ixalus

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Kurixalus

Kurixalus is a genus of in the family Rhacophoridae. [more]

Liuixalus

Nyctixalus

Nyctixalus is a genus of in the family Rhacophoridae. The common name is Indonesian Treefrogs. [more]

Philautus

Philautus is a genus of shrub frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. Some species in this genus are now considered extinct by IUCN, while others are widespread and abundant (such as the recently-described P. abundus, which was specifically named for this fact). The taxonomy of the group is however unclear with many poorly described species. [more]

Polypedates

Polypedates is a genus of in the family Rhacophoridae. The common name is Whipping Frogs. [more]

Pseudophilautus

Rhacophorus

Rhacophorus is a of frogs in the moss frog family (Rhacophoridae) which together with the related Hylidae makes up the true tree frogs. They live in India, Japan and Southeast Asia. It is closely related to Polypedates, and several species of that genus were formerly placed in Rhacophorus. [more]

Theloderma

Theloderma is a genus of in the family Rhacophoridae. [more]

At least 20 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Theloderma.

More info about the Genus Theloderma may be found here.

Sources

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