Chiromantis

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Chiromantis
Chiromantis rufescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Chiromantis
Peters, 1854
Type species
Chiromantis xerampelina
Peters, 1854
Species

4 species (see text)

Chiromantis is a group of frogs. These frogs are in the scientific family Rhacophoridae. In English, these frogs are named foam-nest frogs or foam-nest tree frogs.[1] These frogs live in Sub-Saharan African places that are near the middle of the planet Earth, where it is warmest.[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]

Description[change | change source]

Chiromantis lay their eggs in piles of foam on the ground.[2]

Species[change | change source]

These species are in Chiromantis:[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.

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