Theloderma
| Theloderma | |
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| Theloderma albopunctatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Rhacophorinae |
| Genus: | Theloderma Tschudi, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Theloderma leporosa Tschudi, 1838 | |
| Diversity | |
| See text | |
Theloderma is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. They are found in South and Southeast, as well as southern China. They are sometimes known as bug-eyed frogs or warty treefrogs. They are medium to small-sized frogs. The genus includes both species that are brightly and contrastingly marked and species that are very well-camouflaged, resembling plant material or bird droppings. Little is known about their behavior, but in species where known breeding takes places small water pool in a cavity of a tree or bamboo.[1]
Their sister taxon is Nyctixalus. The taxonomy of this genus and Nyctixalus as well as "Theloderma" moloch has been in flux;[2] as of early 2017, the AmphibiaWeb includes Nyctixalus in Theloderma[3] whereas the Amphibian Species of the World keeps them separate.[2]
Species
Following the Amphibian Species of the World, there are 26 recognized species in the genus Theloderma:[2]
- Theloderma albopunctatum (Liu and Hu, 1962)
- Theloderma annae Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Ngo, and Ziegler, 2016
- Theloderma asperum (Boulenger, 1886)
- Theloderma auratum Poyarkov, Kropachev, Gogoleva, and Orlov, 2018
- Theloderma baibengense (Jiang, Fei, and Huang, 2009)
- Theloderma bicolor (Bourret, 1937)
- Theloderma corticale (Boulenger, 1903)
- Theloderma gordoni Taylor, 1962
- Theloderma horridum (Boulenger, 1903)
- Theloderma lacustrinum Sivongxay, Davankham, Phimmachak, Phoumixay, and Stuart, 2016
- Theloderma laeve (Smith, 1924)
- Theloderma lateriticum Bain, Nguyen, and Doan, 2009
- Theloderma leporosum Tschudi, 1838
- Theloderma licin McLeod and Norhayati, 2007
- Theloderma moloch (Annandale, 1912)
- Theloderma nagalandense Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006
- Theloderma nebulosum Rowley, Le, Hoang, Dau, and Cao, 2011[4]
- Theloderma palliatum Rowley, Le, Hoang, Dau, and Cao, 2011[4]
- Theloderma petilum (Stuart and Heatwole, 2004)
- Theloderma phrynoderma (Ahl, 1927)
- Theloderma pyaukkya Dever, 2017
- Theloderma rhododiscus (Liu and Hu, 1962)
- Theloderma ryabovi Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006
- Theloderma stellatum Taylor, 1962
- Theloderma truongsonense (Orlov and Ho, 2005)
- Theloderma vietnamense Poyarkov, Orlov, Moiseeva, Pawangkhanant, Ruangsuwan, Vassilieva, Galoyan, Nguyen, and Gogoleva, 2015
References
- ^ Sivongxay, N.; M. Davankham; S. Phimmachak; K. Phoumixay; B.L. Stuart (2016). "A new small-sized Theloderma (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Laos". Zootaxa. 4147 (4): 433–442. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4147.4.5.
- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Theloderma Tschudi, 1838". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Rhacophoridae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ a b Jodi Rowley (2011-11-23). "Two new species of moss frog discovered". Australian Museum.
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