Liuixalus | |
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Liuixalus romeri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Rhacophoridae |
Subfamily: | Rhacophorinae |
Genus: |
Liuixalus Li, Che, Bain, Zhao, and Zhang, 2008 |
Type species | |
Philautus romeri | |
Synonyms | |
Romerus Dubois, Ohler & Pyron, 2021 |
Liuixalus is a small genus of rhacophorid frogs that are distributed in southern China ( Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong). Some species now in Liuixalus were originally placed in Philautus. [2] It is thought to be the most basal genus in the Rhacophorinae. [3]
The genus was first erected as Liuixalus in 2008 based on molecular genetic evidence showing distinctness of Liuixalus romeri (then known as Chiromantis romeri) from the rest of Chiromantis. [4] The genus name Liuixalus commemorates Liu Chengzhao , a Chinese herpetologist. [1] In 2021, another phylogenetic study deemed the name Liuixalus as invalidly proposed due to a lack of a diagnosis for the genus in the original study, and thus redescribed the genus as Romerus, alongside morphological characteristics distinguishing it. The name Romerus commemorates British herpetologist John D. Romer. [3] However, in 2023, the name was changed back to Liuixalus on the basis of Ren, Jiang & Li, who refuted the requirement for a genus name to have morphological characteristics associated with it. [5]
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed two species of the genus as vulnerable ( Liuixalus ocellatus and L. hainanus), one as endangered ( L. romeri), and one as least-concern ( L. feii), while Liuixalus shiwandashan is considered data deficient. [6]
There are six recognized species in the genus Liuixalus: [7]
Liuixalus | |
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Liuixalus romeri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Rhacophoridae |
Subfamily: | Rhacophorinae |
Genus: |
Liuixalus Li, Che, Bain, Zhao, and Zhang, 2008 |
Type species | |
Philautus romeri | |
Synonyms | |
Romerus Dubois, Ohler & Pyron, 2021 |
Liuixalus is a small genus of rhacophorid frogs that are distributed in southern China ( Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong). Some species now in Liuixalus were originally placed in Philautus. [2] It is thought to be the most basal genus in the Rhacophorinae. [3]
The genus was first erected as Liuixalus in 2008 based on molecular genetic evidence showing distinctness of Liuixalus romeri (then known as Chiromantis romeri) from the rest of Chiromantis. [4] The genus name Liuixalus commemorates Liu Chengzhao , a Chinese herpetologist. [1] In 2021, another phylogenetic study deemed the name Liuixalus as invalidly proposed due to a lack of a diagnosis for the genus in the original study, and thus redescribed the genus as Romerus, alongside morphological characteristics distinguishing it. The name Romerus commemorates British herpetologist John D. Romer. [3] However, in 2023, the name was changed back to Liuixalus on the basis of Ren, Jiang & Li, who refuted the requirement for a genus name to have morphological characteristics associated with it. [5]
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed two species of the genus as vulnerable ( Liuixalus ocellatus and L. hainanus), one as endangered ( L. romeri), and one as least-concern ( L. feii), while Liuixalus shiwandashan is considered data deficient. [6]
There are six recognized species in the genus Liuixalus: [7]