Philautus

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Philautus
Philautus dubius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Neobatrachia
Family: Rhacophoridae
Subfamily: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Philautus
Gistel, 1848
Species

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Philautus is a genus of shrub frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. Some species in this genus are now considered extinct by IUCN, while others are widespread and abundant (such as the recently-described P. abundus, which was specifically named for this fact). The taxonomy of the group is however unclear with many poorly described species.[1]

This genus is unique in that there is direct development, with all growth inside the egg and no free swimming tadpole stage.[2] Some species have been found to bury their eggs in soil although they are arboreal and others attach their eggs to leaves.[3]

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[edit] Revision

In early 2009, Delhi University researchers revised this genus after discovering and rediscovering species in Western Ghats forest.[4]

[edit] List of species

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Karthikeyan Vasudevan, M. S. Chaitra & R. K. Aggarwal (2007). "Pernicious descriptions of ‘new’ frogs from the Western Ghats, India" (PDF). Current Science 92 (3): 281–282. http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/feb102007/281.pdf. 
  2. ^ S. D. Biju (2003). "Reproductive mode in the shrub frog Philautus glandulosus (Jerdon, 1853) (Anura: Rhacophoridae)" (PDF). Current Science 84 (3): 283–284. http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/feb102003/283.pdf. 
  3. ^ M. M. Bahir, M. Meegaskumbura, K. Manamendra-Arachchi, C. J. Schneider & R. Pethiyagoda (2005). "Reproduction and terrestrial direct development in Sri Lankan shrub frogs (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae: Philautus)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 12: 339–350. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s12/s12rbz339-350.pdf. 
  4. ^ University of Delhi (February 3, 2009). /releases/2009/02/090202183805.htm "Dozen New Tree Frogs Discovered In Rapidly Vanishing Habitat In India". ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2009/02/090202183805.htm. 
  5. ^ ~K. V. Gururaja, N. A. Aravind, S. Ali, T. V. Ramachandra, T. P. Velavan, V. Krishnakumar & R. K. Aggarwal (2007). "A new frog species from the central Western Ghats of India, and its phylogenetic position". Zoological Science 24 (5): 525–534. doi:10.2108/zsj.24.525. PMID 17867853. http://eprintsiiscernetin/archive/00012445/. 

[edit] References

  • Gururaja, KV and Dinesh, KP and Palot, MJ and Radhakrishnan, C and Ramachandra, TV (2007) A new species of Philautus Gistel (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 1621:pp. 1-16. PDF
  • Manamendra-Arachchi, K.& R. Pethiyagoda. 2005 The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 12:163-303 PDF
  • Meegaskumbura, M. & K. Manamendra-Arachchi. 2005. Description of eight new species of shrub-frogs (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae: Philautus) from Sri Lanka. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 12:305-338. PDF
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