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Rhacophoridae
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The Rhacophoridae are a family of frogs in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, South India and Sri Lanka, Japan, northeastern India to eastern China and Taiwan, south through the Philippines and Greater Sundas, and Sulawesi, with the two basal (taxonomy) genera living in East Asia. They are commonly known as shrub frogs, or more ambiguously as "moss frogs" or "bush frogs". Some Rhacophoridae are called "tree frogs". Among the most spectacular members of this family are numerous "flying frogs".
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Rhacophoridae is a family of amphibians within the order Anura, class Amphibia, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was described by Hoffman in 1932 and holds an accepted status in biological classification. Members of this family are commonly referred to as shrub frogs and inhabit freshwater environments.
Records for this family are held by several institutions, including ROM, UCM, MVZ, CUMV, and NMV. Specimens have been documented in Vietnam, Nigeria, Chinese Taipei, the Philippines, and China. The family is referenced by 600 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
shrub frogs
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyRhacophoridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 304
- Family
- Rhacophoridae
- Collections
- ROM, UCM, MVZ, CUMV, NMV, USNM
- Recorded in
- Vietnam, Nigeria, Chinese Taipei, Philippines, China, Malaysia
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Rhacophoridae are a family of frogs in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, South India and Sri Lanka, Japan, northeastern India to eastern China and Taiwan, south through the Philippines and Greater Sundas, and Sulawesi, with the two basal (taxonomy) genera living in East Asia. They are commonly known as shrub frogs, or more ambiguously as "moss frogs" or "bush frogs". Some Rhacophoridae are called "tree frogs". Among the most spectacular members of this family are numerous "flying frogs".
Although a few groups are primarily terrestrial, rhacophorids are predominantly arboreal treefrogs. Mating frogs, while in amplexus, hold on to a branch, and beat their legs to form a foam. The eggs are laid in the foam and covered with seminal fluid before the foam hardens into a protective casing. In certain species, this process occurs collectively. The foam is deposited above a water source, ensuring that the tadpoles drop into the water upon hatching.
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