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Rohanixalus

genus of amphibians

Rohanixalus is a genus of tree frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. They live in the Andaman islands and in Indo-Burma region.[2][3] Indian amphibian scientist S.D. Biju of the University of Delhi and his colleagues made the genus in 2020.[1] There are eight species in it.[2]

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[1]
Type species
Ixalus vittatus
Boulenger, 1887
Species

8 species (see text)

Etymology

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Scientists named the genus after Sri Lankan taxonomy sicentist Rohan Pethiyagoda. Pethiyagoda is a fish scientist. He has found and written papers about almost 100 new species from Sri Lanka.[4][5][6][7][8]

Description

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These frogs are small with slim bodies. They are about 2 to 3 cm (0.79 to 1.18 in) long from nose to rear end. They have a pair of colored lines on either side of the body.[3] Some have brown spots. Female frogs lay light greenish eggs in bubble-nests in trees. Female mothers take care of the eggs and helps the tadpoles reach the water.[9]

Home

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These frogs live in the Andaman islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and southern China.[9]

Species

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Species Taxon author Common name Distribution Ref.
Rohanixalus baladika (Riyanto and Kurniati, 2014) Sumatran Bubble-nest Frog North Sumatra and West Sumatra Provinces, Indonesia [10]
Rohanixalus hansenae (Cochran, 1927) Hansen's Asian Treefrog Thailand [11]
Rohanixalus marginis (Chan et al, 2011) Malaysian Bubble-nest Frog Perlis State Park, Malaysia [12]
Rohanixalus nauli (Riyanto and Kurniati, 2014) Nauli Bubble-nest Frog Teluk Nauli, Sibolga, Indonesia [13]
Rohanixalus punctatus (Wilkinson, Win, Thin, Lwin, Shein, and Tun, 2003)
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 Southwestern foothills of Rakhine Yoma, Myanmar [14]
Rohanixalus senapatiensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009) Senapti's Bubble-nest Frog northeastern India [15]
Rohanixalus shyamrupus (Chanda and Ghosh, 1989) Hornbill Bubble-nest Frog Arunachal Pradesh, India [16]
Rohanixalus vittatus (Boulenger, 1887) Striped Bubble-nest frog Myanmar, Thailand, and the Andaman Islands in India; records from elsewhere may be undescribed species [17]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "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. ↑ 9.0 9.1 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.
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