Kurixalus

Kurixalus
Kurixalus naso
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Subfamily: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Kurixalus
Ye, Fei & Dubois in Fei, 1999
Species

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Kurixalus is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae.[1] The taxonomy of small rhacophids is difficult and has been subject to many revisions, but molecular genetic data do support monophyly of Kurixalus. These frogs are distributed from Himalayan front ranges of eastern India southward and eastward to Cambodia, Vietnam, southern China, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Islands.[2]

Species

As of 2013, the following ten species are recognized:[2]

References

  1. "Kurixalus Ye, Fei and Dubois in Fei, 1999". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Kurixalus Ye, Fei, and Dubois, 1999". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
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