Liuixalus
| Liuixalus | |
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| Liuixalus romeri, the type species of Liuixalus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Rhacophorinae |
| Genus: |
Liuixalus Li, Che, Bain, Zhao, and Zhang, 2008 |
| Type species | |
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Philautus romeri Smith, 1953 |
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Liuixalus is a small genus of rhacophorid frogs that are distributed in southern China (Hong Kong, Hainan, Guanxi). All species now in Liuixalus were originally placed in Philautus. There is no diagnostic morphological characters to define the genus. Instead, the genus was erected based on molecular genetic evidence showing distinctness of Liuixalus romeri (then known as Chiromantis romeri) from the rest of Chiromantis. The genus name commemorates Cheng-chao Liu, a Chinese herpetologist.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed two of the three species as endangered (Liuixalus ocellatus and L. romeri), while the remaining one is considered data deficient.
There are only five recognized species in the genus Liuixalus:
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