Biju, S. D.;Garg, Sonali;Gokulakrishnan, G.;Chandrakasan, Sivaperuman;Thammachoti, Panupong;Ren, Jinlong;Gopika, C.;Bisht, Karan;Hamidy, Amir;Shouche, Yogesh
Rohanixalus
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Rohanixalus is a genus of tree frogs in the family Rhacophoridae native to the Andaman Islands and Indo-Burma region. The genus was established in 2020 by Indian herpetologist S.D. Biju of the University of Delhi and his colleagues. The genus comprises eight species.
Species
Two-striped Bubble-nest Frog
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyRhacophoridae
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- Parent taxon
- Rhacophorinae
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- taxon name
- Rohanixalus
- taxon author citation
- Biju, Garg, Gokulakrishnan, Chandrakasan, Thammachoti, Ren, Gopika, Bisht, Hamidy, and Shouche, 2020
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Description
- Distribution
- Species
- References
Rohanixalus is a genus of tree frogs in the family Rhacophoridae native to the Andaman Islands and Indo-Burma region. The genus was established in 2020 by Indian herpetologist S.D. Biju of the University of Delhi and his colleagues. The genus comprises eight species.
==Etymology== The genus was named after Sri Lankan taxonomist Rohan Pethiyagoda, who is a prominent Ichthyologist responsible for the discovery and/or description of almost 100 new species of vertebrates from Sri Lanka, including fishes, amphibians and lizards, in addition to 43 species of freshwater crabs.
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