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Chiromantis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Subfamily
  
Rhacophorinae

Higher classification
  
Rhacophorinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Rhacophoridae

Scientific name
  
Chiromantis

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Grey foam‑nest tree frog, African foam‑nest tree frog, Chiromantis petersii, Samkos bush frog, Chiromantis kelleri

Chiromantis (commonly known as the foam-nest frog or foam-nest tree frog) is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. It contains species from the Sub-Saharan African tropics as well as from South and East Asia (northeastern India, Bangladesh, China, Mainland Southeast Asia, and Borneo). The Asian species were formerly assigned to Chirixalus, but this taxon was shown to be paraphyletic with respect to African Chiromantis. Consequently, Chirixalus were included in Chiromantis. Monophyly of Chiromantis also required erecting a new genus Feihyla for "Chirixalus palpebralis".

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Chiromantis Chiromantis xerampelina

Description

Chiromantis Grey Foamnest Treefrog Southern Pnovnice jin Grauer Baumfrosch

The current delineation of Chiromantis is based on molecular phylogenetics, and there is no morphological character that defines genus. They are moderately large frogs with a snout-vent length of 35–80 mm (1.4–3.1 in). They lay their eggs in foam nests.

Species

There are currently 18 species placed in this genus:

Chiromantis Foam Nest Frog Chiromantis xerampelina Empangeni Flickr

Chiromantis CalPhotos

Chiromantis Chiromantis Wikipedia

Chiromantis Grey Foamnest Frog Chiromantis xerampelina Our Wild World

References

Chiromantis Wikipedia