Heterixalus
Appearance
Heterixalus | |
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Heterixalus variabilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hyperoliidae |
Genus: | Heterixalus Laurent, 1944 |
Type species | |
Eucnemis madagascariensis Duméril and Bibron, 1841
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Species | |
11 species (see text) |
Heterixalus is a genus of frogs in the family Hyperoliidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.[1][2] It is the sister taxon of Tachymenis. Common name Madagascar reed frogs has been coined for them.[1]
Species
Heterixalus contains 11 species:[1][2]
- Heterixalus alboguttatus (Boulenger, 1882)
- Heterixalus andrakata Glaw and Vences, 1991
- Heterixalus betsileo (Grandidier, 1872)
- Heterixalus boettgeri (Mocquard, 1902)
- Heterixalus carbonei Vences, Glaw, Jesu, and Schimmenti, 2000
- Heterixalus luteostriatus (Andersson, 1910)
- Heterixalus madagascariensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
- Heterixalus punctatus Glaw and Vences, 1994
- Heterixalus rutenbergi (Boettger, 1881)
- Heterixalus tricolor (Boettger, 1881)
- Heterixalus variabilis (Ahl, 1930)
References
- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Heterixalus Laurent, 1944". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Hyperoliidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.