Rohanixalus

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)

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]

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

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)
–
 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

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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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