Alcalus

Alcalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ceratobatrachidae
Subfamily: Alcalinae
Genus: Alcalus
Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015
Type species
Micrixalus mariae
Inger, 1954
Diversity
4 species (see text)

Alcalus is a small genus of frogs in the Ceratobatrachidae family.[1][2] It is the only member of subfamily Alcalinae.[3] Common name Alcala’s dwarf mountain frogs has been proposed for the genus. They are found in Borneo and Palawan Island, the Philippines.[1]

The genus is named in honour of Angel Alcala, a Filipino biologist who has worked with Southeast Asian amphibians.[4]

Species

There are four species:[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Alcalus Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Ceratobatrachidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Alcalinae Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Brown, Rafe M.; Siler, Cameron D.; Richards, Stephen J.; Diesmos, Arvin C.; Cannatella, David C. (2015). "Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for Southeast Asian and Melanesian forest frogs (family Ceratobatrachidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174 (1): 130–168. doi:10.1111/zoj.12232.
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