Feihyla

Feihyla
Feihyla inexpectata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Subfamily: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Feihyla
Frost et al., 2006[1]
Type species
Philautus palpebalis
Smith, 1924
Species

6, see text

Feihyla is a group of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. They live in southern China and Vietnam. Scientists think they might also live in Laos. Scientists are not sure exactly how these frogs are related to other groups of frogs, but they thing Feihyla is probably a sister taxon to Taruga, Polypedates, and Rhacophorus.[2] That means they think these four groups of frogs are closely related and had the same ancestor frog not too long ago. Scientists first made Feihyla because they could not figure out what to do with frogs in Chirixalus, specifically "Chirixalus palpebralis."[1]

Description

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Scientists decide whether a frog is in Feihyla by looking how it lays its eggs. Feihyla frogs lay eggs in a pile of jelly that has bubbles in it.[3]

Species

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These species are in Feihyla:[2]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, D. R.; Grant, T.; Faivovich, J. N.; Bain, R. H.; Haas, A.; Haddad, C. L. F. B.; De Sá, R. O.; Channing, A.; Wilkinson, M.; Donnellan, S. C.; Raxworthy, C. J.; Campbell, J. A.; Blotto, B. L.; Moler, P.; Drewes, R. C.; Nussbaum, R. A.; Lynch, J. D.; Green, D. M.; Wheeler, W. C. (2006). "The Amphibian Tree of Life". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 297: 1–291. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5781.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Feihyla Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  3. ↑ 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 2013-11-17.