Chiromantis is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, commonly known as foam-nest frogs or foam-nest tree frogs.[1] It contains species from the Sub-Saharan African tropics.[1][2] Following the molecular genetic study by Chen and colleagues (2020),[2] the Asian species formerly assigned to Chiromantis have now been reclassified to the resurrected genus Chirixalus.[1]
| Chiromantis | |
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| Chiromantis rufescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Rhacophorinae |
| Genus: | Chiromantis Peters, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Chiromantis xerampelina Peters, 1854
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| Species | |
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4 species (see text) | |
Description
editChiromantis lay their eggs in terrestrial foam nests.[2]
Species
editThe following species are recognised in the genus Chiromantis:[1]
- Chiromantis kelleri Boettger, 1893
- Chiromantis petersii Boulenger, 1882
- Chiromantis rufescens (Günther, 1869)
- Chiromantis xerampelina Peters, 1854
References
edit- ^ a b c d Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Chiromantis Peters, 1854". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ a b c Chen, Jin-Min; Prendini, Elizabeth; Wu, Yun-He; Zhang, Bao-Lin; Suwannapoom, Chatmongkon; Chen, Hong-Man; Jin, Jie-Qiong; Lemmon, Emily Moriarty; Lemmon, Alan R.; Stuart, Bryan L.; Raxworthy, Christopher J.; Murphy, Robert W.; Yuan, Zhi-Yong & Che, Jing (April 2020). "An integrative phylogenomic approach illuminates the evolutionary history of Old World tree frogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 145: 106724. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106724. PMID 31881327.
External links
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Data related to Chiromantis at Wikispecies- Chiromantis at CalPhotos
