Philautus

Philautus
	Philautus dubius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Clade:	Ranoidea
Family:	Rhacophoridae
Subfamily:	Rhacophorinae
Genus:	Philautus; Gistel, 1848
Species
	See text

Philautus is a genus of shrub frogs in the family Rhacophoridae from Asia. 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 unclear, with many poorly described species.^[1]

This genus is unique in that development not direct, 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]

Revision

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

List of species

The following species are recognised in the genus Philautus:^[5]

Philautus abditus Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999
Philautus acutirostris (Peters, 1867)
Philautus acutus Dring, 1987
Philautus amabilis Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017
Philautus amoenus Smith, 1931
Philautus aurantium Inger, 1989
Philautus aurifasciatus (Schlegel, 1837)
Philautus bunitus Inger, Stuebing, and Tan, 1995
Philautus cardamonus Ohler, Swan, and Daltry, 2002
Philautus catbaensis Milto, Poyarkov, Orlov, and Nguyen, 2013
Philautus cinerascens (Stoliczka, 1870)
Philautus cornutus (Boulenger, 1920)
Philautus davidlabangi Matsui, 2009
Philautus disgregus Inger, 1989
Philautus dubius (Boulenger, 1882)
Philautus erythrophthalmus Stuebing and Wong, 2000
Philautus everetti (Boulenger, 1894)
Philautus garo (Boulenger, 1919)
Philautus gunungensis Malkmus and Riede, 1996
Philautus hosii (Boulenger, 1895)
Philautus ingeri Dring, 1987
Philautus jacobsoni (Van Kampen, 1912)
Philautus juliandringi Dehling, 2010
Philautus kakipanjang Dehling and Dehling, 2013
Philautus kempiae (Boulenger, 1919)
Philautus kempii (Annandale, 1912)
Philautus kerangae Dring, 1987
Philautus leitensis (Boulenger, 1897)
Philautus longicrus (Boulenger, 1894)
Philautus macroscelis (Boulenger, 1896)
Philautus maosonensis Bourret, 1937
Philautus microdiscus (Annandale, 1912)
Philautus mjobergi Smith, 1925
Philautus namdaphaensis Sarkar and Sanyal, 1985
Philautus nephophilus Dehling, Matsui, and Yambun Imbun, 2016
Philautus nianeae Stuart, Phimmachak, Seateun, and Sheridan, 2013
Philautus pallidipes (Barbour, 1908)
Philautus petersi (Boulenger, 1900)
Philautus poecilius Brown and Alcala, 1994
Philautus polymorphus Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017
Philautus refugii Inger and Stuebing, 1996
Philautus saueri Malkmus and Riede, 1996
Philautus schmackeri (Boettger, 1892)
Philautus surdus (Peters, 1863)
Philautus surrufus Brown and Alcala, 1994
Philautus tectus Dring, 1987
Philautus thamyridion Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017
Philautus tytthus Smith, 1940
Philautus umbra Dring, 1987
Philautus ventrimaculatus Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017
Philautus vermiculatus (Boulenger, 1900)
Philautus worcesteri (Stejneger, 1905)

Notes

^ 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.
^ S. D. Biju (2003). "Reproductive mode in the shrub frog Philautus glandulosus (Jerdon, 1853) (Anura: Rhacophoridae)" (PDF). Current Science. 84 (3): 283–284.
^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-17.
^ University of Delhi (February 3, 2009). "Dozen New Tree Frogs Discovered In Rapidly Vanishing Habitat In India". ScienceDaily.
^ Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Philautus Gistel, 1848". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 January 2019.

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

[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.

[2] S. D. Biju (2003). "Reproductive mode in the shrub frog Philautus glandulosus (Jerdon, 1853) (Anura: Rhacophoridae)" (PDF). Current Science. 84 (3): 283–284.

[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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-17.

[4] University of Delhi (February 3, 2009). "Dozen New Tree Frogs Discovered In Rapidly Vanishing Habitat In India". ScienceDaily.

[frost-5] Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Philautus Gistel, 1848". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 January 2019.

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