Romerus

Romerus
Liuixalus romeri, the type species of Romerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Subfamily: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Romerus
Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021
Type species
Philautus romeri
Smith, 1953
Synonyms

Liuixalus Li, Che, Bain, Zhao, and Zhang, 2008[1]

Romerus is a small genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. They live in southern China (Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong). Some of the species in Romerus were in Philautus.[2] Scientists think Romerus might be the most basal genus in Rhacophorinae.[3]

At first, scientists named this genus Liuixalus in 2008. They looked at the DNA and saw these frogs were different from the frogs in Chiromantis.[4] Scientists named the group Liuixalus after Liu Chengzhao [zh], a Chinese amphibian scientist.[1] In 2021, scientists looked at the DNA again and decided Romerus would be a better name. The name Romerus is for British amphibian scientist John D. Romer.[3]

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) says two of these frog species are vulnerable (Romerus ocellatus and R. hainanus), one as endangered (R. romeri), and one as least-concern (R. feii). They do not know enough about Romerus shiwandashan to give it a rank.[5]

Species

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There are six species in the genus Romerus:[6]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Li, J. T.; Che, J.; Bain, R. H.; Zhao, E. M.; Zhang, Y. P. (2008). "Molecular phylogeny of Rhacophoridae (Anura): A framework of taxonomic reassignment of species within the genera Aquixalus, Chiromantis, Rhacophorus, and Philautus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48 (1): 302–312. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.023. PMID 18442928.
  2. ↑ "Romerus (Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dubois, Alain; Ohler, Annemarie; Pyron, R. Alexander (2021-02-26). "New concepts and methods for phylogenetic taxonomy and nomenclature in zoology, exemplified by a new ranked cladonomy of recent amphibians (Lissamphibia)". Megataxa. 5 (1): 1–738–1–738. doi:10.11646/megataxa.5.1.1. ISSN 2703-3090.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ IUCN (2021). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  6. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Liuixalus Li, Che, Bain, Zhao, and Zhang, 2008". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 July 2015.