Rohanixalus

Rohanixalus
Rohanixalus vittatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. They live in the Andaman islands and in Indo-Burma region. Indian amphibian scientist S.D. Biju of the University of Delhi and his colleagues made the genus in 2020. There are eight species in it.

Etymology

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.

Description

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. 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.

Home

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

Species

SpeciesTaxon authorCommon nameDistributionRef.
Rohanixalus baladika(Riyanto and Kurniati, 2014)Sumatran Bubble-nest FrogNorth Sumatra and West Sumatra Provinces, Indonesia
Rohanixalus hansenae(Cochran, 1927)Hansen's Asian TreefrogThailand
Rohanixalus marginis(Chan et al, 2011)Malaysian Bubble-nest FrogPerlis State Park, Malaysia
Rohanixalus nauli(Riyanto and Kurniati, 2014)Nauli Bubble-nest FrogTeluk Nauli, Sibolga, Indonesia
Rohanixalus punctatus(Wilkinson, Win, Thin, Lwin, Shein, and Tun, 2003)
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Southwestern foothills of Rakhine Yoma, Myanmar
Rohanixalus senapatiensis(Mathew and Sen, 2009)Senapti's Bubble-nest Frognortheastern India
Rohanixalus shyamrupus(Chanda and Ghosh, 1989)Hornbill Bubble-nest FrogArunachal Pradesh, India
Rohanixalus vittatus(Boulenger, 1887)Striped Bubble-nest frogMyanmar, Thailand, and the Andaman Islands in India; records from elsewhere may be undescribed species

References

  1. 1 2 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  2. 1 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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.