Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Polypedatidae Günther, 1858, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1858: 346. Type genus: Polypedates Tschudi, 1838.

Polypedatina — Mivart, 1869, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1869: 292.

Polypedatinae — Boulenger, 1888, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1888: 205.

Polypedatidae — Noble, 1927, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 30: 105.

Rhacophoridae Hoffman, 1932, S. Afr. J. Sci., 29: 581. Type genus: Rhacophorus Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822.

Rhacophorinae — Laurent, 1943, Bull. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg., 19: 16.

Racophoridae — Hellmich, 1957, Veröff. Zool. Staatssamml. München, 5: 28. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

Philautinae Dubois, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 258. Type genus: Philautus Gistel, 1848. Synonymy by Channing, 1989, S. Afr. J. Zool., 24: 116-131.

Philautini — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 34, 69. Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 335.

Rhacophorini — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 336.

Incertae Sedis

Hylambates dorsalis Peters, 1875, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1875: 209. Holotype: ZMB 7730 according to Bauer, Günther, and Klipfel, 1995, in Bauer et al. (eds.), Herpetol. Contr. W.C.H. Peters: 40; type is figured in Plate 3, fig. Type locality: "Yoruba (Lagos)", Nigeria. * Cardioglossa dorsalis— Nieden, 1908, Zool. Anz., 32: 661. * Dendrobatorana dorsalis— Ahl, 1927, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1927: 112. * Yoruba Long-fingered Frog ( Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 37).See discussion by Ohler, 1999, Mitt. Mus. Naturkd. Berlin, Zool., 75: 37-45, who noted that it is not a member of Cardioglossa, Phrynobatrachus, or Philautus, and likely is an unknown member of Rhacophorinae (Rhacophoridae of this catalog).

Dendrobatorana Ahl, 1927 "1926", Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1926: 112. Type species: Hylambates dorsalis Peters, 1875, by original designation. Comment: See Dubois, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 266, for discussion of the problems of applying this name and identifying the type species (although he and earlier authors [e.g., Laurent, 1972, Copeia, 1972: 201] suggest that it might be a Phrynobatrachus and Morère and Dubois in Dubois, 1987, Alytes, 6: 41, thought it might be a Philautus). See discussion by Ohler, 1999, Mitt. Mus. Naturkd. Berlin, Zool., 75: 37-45, who noted that it is not a member of Cardioglossa, Phrynobatrachus, or Philautus, and likely is an unknown member of Rhacophorinae (Rhacophoridae of this catalog).

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Tropical Africa and Asia to temperate China and Japan.

Comment

See comments under Rhacophoridae and Mantellidae.

Contained taxa

• "Theloderma" moloch (Annandale, 1912)
• Chiromantis Peters, 1854 (15 sp.)
• Feihyla Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006 (2 sp.)
• Ghatixalus Biju, Roelants, and Bossuyt, 2008 (2 sp.)
• Gracixalus Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2005 (7 sp.)
• Kurixalus Ye, Fei, and Dubois, 1999 (10 sp.)
• Liuixalus Li, Che, Bain, Zhao, and Zhang, 2008 (3 sp.)
• Nyctixalus Boulenger, 1882 (3 sp.)
• Philautus Gistel, 1848 (50 sp.)
• Polypedates Tschudi, 1838 (23 sp.)
• Pseudophilautus Laurent, 1943 (70 sp.)
• Raorchestes Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, and Bossuyt, 2010 (49 sp.)
• Rhacophorus Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822 (81 sp.)
• Taruga Meegaskumbura, Meegaskumbura, Bowatte, Manamendra-Arachchi, Pethiyagoda, Hanken, and Schneider, 2010 (3 sp.)
• Theloderma Tschudi, 1838 (22 sp.)

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