Theloderma

Theloderma
Theloderma corticale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Rhacophoridae
Subfamily:	Rhacophorinae
Genus:	Theloderma Tschudi, 1838
Type species
Theloderma leporosa Tschudi, 1838
Species
About 22, see text.

Theloderma is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. They are found in South, Southeast and East Asia. They are sometimes known as bug-eyed frogs or warty treefrogs. Their sister taxon is Nyctixalus. However, taxonomy of this genus and Nyctixalus as well as "Theloderma" moloch is not yet resolved.^[1]

Species

There are about 22 recognized species in the genus Theloderma:^[1]

• Theloderma andersoni (Ahl, 1927)
• Theloderma asperum (Boulenger, 1886)
• Theloderma baibengensis (Jiang, Fei, and Huang, 2009)
• Theloderma bambusicolum Orlov, Poyarkov, Vassilieva, Ananjeva, Nguyen, Sang, and Geissler, 2012
• Theloderma bicolor (Bourret, 1937)
• Theloderma chuyangsinense Orlov, Poyarkov, Vassilieva, Ananjeva, Nguyen, Sang, and Geissler, 2012
• Theloderma corticale (Boulenger, 1903)
• Theloderma gordoni Taylor, 1962
• Theloderma horridum (Boulenger, 1903)
• Theloderma kwangsiense Liu & Hu, 1962
• Theloderma laeve (Smith, 1924)
• Theloderma lateriticum Bain, Nguyen & Doan 2009
• Theloderma leporosum Tschudi, 1838
• Theloderma licin McLeod & Ahmad, 2007
• Theloderma nagalandensis Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006
• Theloderma nebulosum Rowley et al. 2011^[2]
• Theloderma palliatum Rowley et al. 2011^[2]
• Theloderma phrynoderma (Ahl, 1927)
• Theloderma rhododiscus (Liu and Hu, 1962)
• Theloderma ryabovi Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006
• Theloderma schmardanum (Kelaart, 1854)
• Theloderma stellatum Taylor, 1962
• Theloderma truongsonense Orlov and Ho, 2005

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