Philautus
| Philautus | |
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| Philautus dubius | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Rhacophorinae |
| Genus: | Philautus Gistel, 1848 |
| Species | |
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Philautus is a genus of shrub frogs in the family Rhacophoridae from Asia. 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 unclear, with many poorly described species.[1]
This genus is unique in that development not direct, with all growth inside the egg and no free-swimming tadpole stage.[2] Some species have been found to bury their eggs in soil, although they are arboreal, and others attach their eggs to leaves.[3]
Revision
In early 2009, Delhi University researchers revised this genus after discovering and rediscovering species in Western Ghats forest.[4]
List of species
There are currently 50 species in this genus:[5]
- Philautus abditus Inger, Orlov, & Darevsky, 1999
- Philautus acutirostris (Peters, 1867)
- Philautus acutus Dring, 1987
- Philautus amoenus Smith, 1931
- Philautus aurantium Inger, 1989
- Philautus aurifasciatus (Schlegel, 1837)
- Philautus bunitus Inger, Stuebing, & Tan, 1995
- Philautus cardamonus Ohler, Swan & Daltry, 2002
- Philautus cinerascens (Stoliczka, 1870)
- Philautus cornutus (Boulenger, 1920)
- Philautus davidlabangi Matsui, 2009
- Philautus disgregus Inger, 1989
- Philautus dubius (Boulenger, 1882)
- Philautus erythrophthalmus Stuebing & Wong, 2000
- Philautus everetti (Boulenger, 1894)
- Philautus garo (Boulenger, 1919)
- Philautus gunungensis Malkmus & Riede, 1996
- Philautus hosii (Boulenger, 1895)
- Philautus ingeri Dring, 1987
- Philautus jacobsoni (Kampen, 1912)
- Philautus jerdonii (Günther, 1876)
- Philautus juliandringi Dehling, 2010
- Philautus kempiae (Boulenger, 1919)
- Philautus kempii (Annandale, 1912)
- Philautus kerangae Dring, 1987
- Philautus leitensis (Boulenger, 1897)
- Philautus longicrus (Boulenger, 1894)
- Philautus macroscelis (Boulenger, 1896)
- Philautus maosonensis Bourret, 1937
- Philautus microdiscus (Annandale, 1912)
- Philautus mjobergi Smith, 1925
- Philautus namdaphaensis Sarkar & Sanyal, 1985
- Philautus pallidipes (Barbour, 1908)
- Philautus petersi (Boulenger, 1900)
- Philautus petilus Stuart & Heatwole, 2004
- Philautus poecilius Brown & Alcala, 1994
- Philautus refugii Inger & Stuebing, 1996
- Philautus sanctisilvaticus Das & Chanda, 1997
- Philautus saueri Malkmus & Riede, 1996
- Philautus schmackeri (Boettger, 1892)
- Philautus similipalensis Dutta, 2003
- Philautus similis Kampen, 1923
- Philautus surdus (Peters, 1863)
- Philautus surrufus Brown & Alcala, 1994
- Philautus tectus Dring, 1987
- Philautus tytthus Smith, 1940
- Philautus umbra Dring, 1987
- Philautus vermiculatus (Boulenger, 1900)
- Philautus vittiger (Boulenger, 1897)
- Philautus worcesteri (Stejneger, 1905)
Notes
- ↑ Karthikeyan Vasudevan, M. S. Chaitra & R. K. Aggarwal (2007). "Pernicious descriptions of ‘new’ frogs from the Western Ghats, India" (PDF). Current Science 92 (3): 281–282.
- ↑ S. D. Biju (2003). "Reproductive mode in the shrub frog Philautus glandulosus (Jerdon, 1853) (Anura: Rhacophoridae)" (PDF). Current Science 84 (3): 283–284.
- ↑ M. M. Bahir, M. Meegaskumbura, K. Manamendra-Arachchi, C. J. Schneider & R. Pethiyagoda (2005). "Reproduction and terrestrial direct development in Sri Lankan shrub frogs (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae: Philautus)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 12: 339–350.
- ↑ University of Delhi (February 3, 2009). "Dozen New Tree Frogs Discovered In Rapidly Vanishing Habitat In India". ScienceDaily.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Rhacophorinae Hoffman, 1932". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
References
- Gururaja, KV and Dinesh, KP and Palot, MJ and Radhakrishnan, C and Ramachandra, TV (2007) A new species of Philautus Gistel (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 1621:pp. 1–16. PDF
- Manamendra-Arachchi, K.& R. Pethiyagoda. 2005 The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 12:163-303 PDF
- Meegaskumbura, M. & K. Manamendra-Arachchi. 2005. Description of eight new species of shrub-frogs (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae: Philautus) from Sri Lanka. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 12:305-338. PDF