Theloderma
| Theloderma | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Theloderma corticale | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Rhacophorinae |
| Genus: | Theloderma Tschudi, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Theloderma leporosa Tschudi, 1838 | |
| Diversity | |
| 23 species (see text) | |
Theloderma is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. They are found in South, Southeast and East Asia. They are sometimes known as bug-eyed frogs or warty treefrogs. Their sister taxon is Nyctixalus. However, taxonomy of this genus and Nyctixalus as well as "Theloderma" moloch is not yet resolved.[1]
Species
There are 23 recognized species in the genus Theloderma:[1][2]
- Theloderma andersoni (Ahl, 1927)
- Theloderma asperum (Boulenger, 1886)
- Theloderma baibengensis (Jiang, Fei, and Huang, 2009)
- Theloderma bambusicolum Orlov, Poyarkov, Vassilieva, Ananjeva, Nguyen, Sang, and Geissler, 2012
- Theloderma bicolor (Bourret, 1937)
- Theloderma chuyangsinense Orlov, Poyarkov, Vassilieva, Ananjeva, Nguyen, Sang, and Geissler, 2012
- Theloderma corticale (Boulenger, 1903)
- Theloderma gordoni Taylor, 1962
- Theloderma horridum (Boulenger, 1903)
- Theloderma kwangsiense (Liu and Hu, 1962)
- Theloderma laeve (Smith, 1924)
- Theloderma lateriticum Bain, Nguyen, and Doan, 2009
- Theloderma leporosum Tschudi, 1838
- Theloderma licin McLeod and Norhayati, 2007
- Theloderma nagalandense Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006
- Theloderma nebulosum Rowley, Le, Hoang, Dau, and Cao, 2011[3]
- Theloderma palliatum Rowley, Le, Hoang, Dau, and Cao, 2011[3]
- Theloderma petilum (Stuart and Heatwole, 2004)
- Theloderma phrynoderma (Ahl, 1927)
- Theloderma rhododiscus (Liu and Hu, 1962)
- Theloderma ryabovi Orlov, Dutta, Ghate, and Kent, 2006
- Theloderma stellatum Taylor, 1962
- Theloderma truongsonense (Orlov and Ho, 2005)
References
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Theloderma Tschudi, 1838". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ↑ "Rhacophoridae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- 1 2 Jodi Rowley (2011-11-23). "Two new species of moss frog discovered". Australian Museum.
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