Rohanixalus

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Rohanixalus
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Rohanixalus vittatus
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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)

Rohanixalus is a genus of tree frogs in the family Rhacophoridae native to the Andaman islands and Indo-Burma region. [2] [3] The genus was established in 2020 by Indian herpetologist S.D. Biju of the University of Delhi and his colleagues. [1] The genus comprises eight species. [2]

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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, [4] amphibians [5] and lizards, [6] [7] in addition to 43 species of freshwater crabs. [8]

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. [3] 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. [9]

Distribution

The species are distributed throughout northeast, the Andaman islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, up to southern China. [9]

Species

SpeciesTaxon authorCommon nameDistributionRef.
Rohanixalus baladika (Riyanto and Kurniati, 2014)Sumatran Bubble-nest FrogNorth Sumatra and West Sumatra Provinces, Indonesia [10]
Rohanixalus hansenae (Cochran, 1927)Hansen's Asian TreefrogThailand [11]
Rohanixalus marginis (Chan et al, 2011)Malaysian Bubble-nest FrogPerlis State Park, Malaysia [12]
Rohanixalus nauli (Riyanto and Kurniati, 2014)Nauli Bubble-nest FrogTeluk 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 Frognortheastern India [15]
Rohanixalus shyamrupus (Chanda and Ghosh, 1989)Hornbill Bubble-nest FrogArunachal Pradesh, India [16]
Rohanixalus vittatus (Boulenger, 1887)Striped Bubble-nest frogMyanmar, Thailand, and the Andaman Islands in India; records from elsewhere may be undescribed species [17]

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): 1–55. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4878.1.1. PMID   33311165. S2CID   228859751.
  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.
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