Buergeria

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Buergeria
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Buergeria japonica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Subfamily: Buergeriinae
Channing, 1989
Genus: Buergeria
Tschudi, 1838
Type species
Hyla bürgeri Temminck & Schlegel, 1838
Diversity
6 species, see text.

Buergeria is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, and the sole genus of subfamily Buergeriinae. Iti s the sister taxon for all the other rhacophorids (subfamily Rhacophorinae). The available genetic data firmly supports this position. [1] [2]

Buergeria are sometimes known as Buerger's frogs. There are four species found in an area that stretches from Hainan (China) and Taiwan through the Ryukyu Islands to Honshu (Japan). [3]

Description

Buergeria are medium-sized to large frogs (snout-vent length 40–80 mm (1.6–3.1 in)) that resemble in their body form Rana (unlike other rhacophorids). Their skin is smooth and they have no dorsal ornamentations. Their feet are fully webbed whereas their fingers are only up to half-webbed. [2] They produce many eggs that are deposited in water and develop through a tadpole stage. [4]

Species

There are six recognized species in the genus Buergeria: [3]

Conservation

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed one of the four species as being vulnerable ( Buergeria oxycephala ), while the remaining ones are considered being of least concern. [6]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rhacophoridae</span> Family of amphibians

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kajika frog</span> Species of amphibian

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ryukyu Kajika Frog</span> Species of amphibian

The Ryukyu Kajika frog, Japanese Buerger's frog, or Japanese stream treefrog is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in the Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Populations from northern Taiwan and the Yaeyama Islands were isolated as a new species(Buergeria choui) in 2020.

Buergeria oxycephala is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Hainan Island, China.

<i>Buergeria robusta</i> Species of amphibian

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<i>Raorchestes flaviventris</i> Species of amphibian

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<i>Raorchestes</i> Genus of amphibians

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<i>Feihyla</i> Genus of frogs

Feihyla is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. They are found in southern China and Vietnam, and likely also in Laos. Its phylogenetic position is not yet fully resolved, but it is probably the sister taxon to Taruga, Polypedates, and Rhacophorus. Feihyla was originally erected to resolve polyphyly of Chirixalus by absorbing "Chirixalus palpebralis".

Pseudophilautus newtonjayawardanei is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, endemic to Sri Lanka.

Pseudophilautus samarakoon, the Samarakoon's shrub frog, is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, endemic to Sri Lanka. Wickramasinghe et al. suggest that, following the IUCN Red List criteria, it should be considered "critically endangered" because the extent of occurrence is <100 km2, it is recorded from a single location, and its habitat is under severe threat.

<i>Buergeria choui</i> Species of frog

Buergeria choui is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. Prior to its description in 2020, it was confused with Buergeria japonica. It is found in northwestern Taiwan and in the southern part of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, specifically on the Yaeyama Islands. Common name Yaeyama Kajika frog has been proposed for it. The specific name choui honors Wen-Hao Chou from the National Museum of Natural Science (Taiwan), the first person to pay attention to the variation within the former Buergeria japonica.

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Buergeriinae Channing, 1989". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 Li, Jiatang; Dingqi Rao; Robert W. Murphy; Yaping Zhang (2011). "The systematic status of rhacophorid frogs" (PDF). Asian Herpetological Research. 2: 1–11. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1245.2011.00001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  3. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Buergeria Tschudi, 1838". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  4. Grosjean, S.; Delorme, M.; Dubois, A.; Ohler, A. (2008). "Evolution of reproduction in the Rhacophoridae (Amphibia, Anura)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 46 (2): 169. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00451.x .
  5. Matsui, Masafumi; Tominaga, Atsushi (2020-08-28). "A New Species of Buergeria From the Southern Ryukyus and Northwestern Taiwan (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae)". Current Herpetology. 39 (2): 160–172. doi: 10.5358/hsj.39.160 . ISSN   1345-5834.
  6. IUCN (2013). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>" . Retrieved 23 November 2013.