Feihyla Explained

Feihyla is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. They are found in southern China and Vietnam, and likely also in Laos. Its phylogenetic position is not yet fully resolved, but it is probably the sister taxon to Taruga, Polypedates, and Rhacophorus.^[1] Feihyla was originally erected to resolve polyphyly of Chirixalus by absorbing "Chirixalus palpebralis".

Description

The synapomorphy diagnosing Feihyla is its reproductive mode, laying eggs in a jelly containing some bubbles.^[2]

Species

The following species are recognized in the genus Feihyla:^[1]

• Feihyla fuhua Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010
• Feihyla inexpectata (Matsui, Shimada, and Sudin, 2014)
• Feihyla kajau (Dring, 1983)
• Feihyla palpebralis (Smith, 1924)
• Feihyla samkosensis (Grismer, Neang, Chav, and Holden, 2007)
• Feihyla vittiger (Boulenger, 1897)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Feihyla Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006 . Frost, Darrel R. . 2013 . Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference . American Museum of Natural History . 17 November 2013.
2. Li. Jiatang. Dingqi Rao. Robert W. Murphy. Yaping Zhang. 2011. The systematic status of rhacophorid frogs. Asian Herpetological Research. 2. 1–11. 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2011.00001. 2013-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203064057/http://210.75.237.14/bitstream/351003/23370/1/2011e0121z.pdf. 2013-12-03. dead.