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Rhacophoridae
| Description | The Rhacophoridae are a family of frogs which occur in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, South India and Sri Lanka, Japan; northeastern India to eastern China south through the Philippines and Greater Sundas, and Sulawesi. 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". From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhacophoridae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Rhacophoridae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Rhacophoridae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Old World Tree Frogs, Moss Frog | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhacophoridae |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Buergeria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chiromantis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Feihyla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ghatixalus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gracixalus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hylambates genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Indorana genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kurixalus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Liuixalus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mercurana genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nasutixalus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nyctixalus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Philautus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Polypedates genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudophilautus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Raorchestes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Theloderma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Rhachophoridae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Rhachophoridae |
References
| Frost, Darrel R., 1997: null. Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
