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Genus of amphibians

Rohanixalus
Rohanixalus vittatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Subfamily: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Rohanixalus
Biju et al., 2020
Type species
Ixalus vittatus
Boulenger, 1887
Species

8 species (see text)

Rohanixalus is a genus of tree frogs in the family Rhacophoridae native to the Andaman islands and Indo-Burma region. The genus was established in 2020 by Indian herpetologist S.D. Biju of the University of Delhi and his colleagues. The genus comprises eight species.

Etymology

The genus was named after Sri Lankan taxonomist Rohan Pethiyagoda, who is a prominent Ichthyologist responsible for the discovery and/or description of almost 100 new species of vertebrates from Sri Lanka, including fishes, amphibians and lizards, in addition to 43 species of freshwater crabs.

Description

The species of the genus characterised by a small and slender body with a size about 2 to 3 cm (0.79 to 1.18 in) long. There is a pair of contrastingly colored lateral lines on either side of the body. Some minute brown speckles can be found scattered throughout the upper body surfaces. Females known to lay light greenish eggs in arboreal bubble-nests. Female mothers show maternal egg attendance where the mother attends the egg clutches until hatching and later assists in release of the tadpoles into the water.

Distribution

The species are distributed throughout northeast, the Andaman islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, up to southern China.

Species

Species Taxon author Common name Distribution Ref.
Rohanixalus baladika (Riyanto and Kurniati, 2014) Sumatran Bubble-nest Frog North Sumatra and West Sumatra Provinces, Indonesia
Rohanixalus hansenae (Cochran, 1927) Hansen's Asian Treefrog Thailand
Rohanixalus marginis (Chan et al, 2011) Malaysian Bubble-nest Frog Perlis State Park, Malaysia
Rohanixalus nauli (Riyanto and Kurniati, 2014) Nauli Bubble-nest Frog Teluk Nauli, Sibolga, Indonesia
Rohanixalus punctatus (Wilkinson, Win, Thin, Lwin, Shein, and Tun, 2003) – Southwestern foothills of Rakhine Yoma, Myanmar
Rohanixalus senapatiensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) Senapti's Bubble-nest Frog northeastern India
Rohanixalus shyamrupus (Chanda and Ghosh, 1989) Hornbill Bubble-nest Frog Arunachal Pradesh, India
Rohanixalus vittatus (Boulenger, 1887) Striped Bubble-nest frog Myanmar, Thailand, and the Andaman Islands in India; records from elsewhere may be undescribed species

References

  1. ^ Biju, S. D.; Garg, Sonali; Gokulakrishnan, G.; Chandrakasan, Sivaperuman; Thammachoti, Panupong; Ren, Jinlong; Gopika, C.; Bisht, Karan; Hamidy, Amir; Shouche, Yogesh (2020-11-12). "New insights on the systematics and reproductive behaviour in tree frogs of the genus Feihyla, with description of a new related genus from Asia (Anura, Rhacophoridae)". Zootaxa. 4878 (1): zootaxa.4878.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4878.1.1. PMID 33311165. S2CID 228859751.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2021). "Rohanixalus Biju, Garg, Gokulakrishnan, Chandrakasan, Thammachoti, Ren, Gopika, Bisht, Hamidy, and Shouche, 2020". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  3. ^ "New genus of tree frog discovered in Andaman Islands and Northeast India". Hindustan Times. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  4. Pethiyagoda, R.; Kottelat, M.; Silva, A.; Maduwage, M.; Meegaskumbura, M. (2008). "A review of the genus Laubuca in Sri Lanka, with description of three new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 19: 7–26.
  5. Manamendra-Arachchi, K.; Pethiyagoda, R. (2005). "The Sri Lankan shrub frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement 12: 163–303.
  6. Pethiyagoda, R.; Manamendra-Arachchi, K. (1998). "A revision of the endemic Sri Lankan agamid lizard genus Ceratophora Gray, 1835, with description of two new species". Journal of South Asian Natural History. 3: 1–52.
  7. Manamendra–Arachchi, K.; Batuwita, S.; Pethiyagoda, R. (2007). "A revision of the Sri Lankan day geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis), with description of new species from Sri Lanka and southern India". Zeylanica. 7: 9–122.
  8. Bahir, Mohomed M.; Ng, P.K.L.; Crandall, K.; Pethiyagoda, R. (2005). "A conservation assessment of the freshwater crabs of Sri Lanka". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement 12: 121–126.
  9. ^ Singh, Shiv Sahay (12 November 2020). "New genus of tree frog discovered, found in Andamans and Northeast India". The Hindu. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  10. "Rohanixalus baladika (Riyanto and Kurniati, 2014)". Darrel Frost and the American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  11. "Rohanixalus hansenae (Cochran, 1927)". Darrel Frost and the American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  12. "Rohanixalus marginis (Chan, Grismer, Anuar, Quah, Grismer, Wood, Muin, and Ahmad, 2011)". Darrel Frost and the American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  13. "Rohanixalus nauli (Riyanto and Kurniati, 2014)". Darrel Frost and the American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  14. "Rohanixalus punctatus (Wilkinson, Win, Thin, Lwin, Shein, and Tun, 2003)". Darrel Frost and the American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  15. "Rohanixalus senapatiensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)". Darrel Frost and the American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  16. "Rohanixalus shyamrupus (Chanda and Ghosh, 1989)". Darrel Frost and the American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  17. "Rohanixalus vittatus (Boulenger, 1887)". Darrel Frost and the American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
Taxon identifiers
Rohanixalus
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