Romerus
| Romerus | |
|---|---|
| File:Chirixalus romeri.jpg | |
| Liuixalus romeri, the type species of Romerus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Rhacophorinae |
| Genus: | Romerus Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021 |
| Type species | |
| Philautus romeri Smith, 1953
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| Synonyms | |
Romerus is a small genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. They live in southern China (Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong). Some of the species in Romerus were in Philautus.[2] Scientists think Romerus might be the most basal genus in Rhacophorinae.[3]
At first, scientists named this genus Liuixalus in 2008. They looked at the DNA and saw these frogs were different from the frogs in Chiromantis.[4] Scientists named the group Liuixalus after Liu Chengzhao, a Chinese amphibian scientist.[1] In 2021, scientists looked at the DNA again and decided Romerus would be a better name. The name Romerus is for British amphibian scientist John D. Romer.[3]
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) says two of these frog species are vulnerable (Romerus ocellatus and R. hainanus), one as endangered (R. romeri), and one as least-concern (R. feii). They do not know enough about Romerus shiwandashan to give it a rank.[5]
Species[change]
There are six species in the genus Romerus:[6]
- Romerus calcarius (Milto, Poyarkov, Orlov, and Nguyen, 2013)
- Romerus feii Yang, Rao, and Wang, 2015
- Romerus hainanus (Liu and Wu, 2004)
- Romerus ocellatus (Liu and Hu, 1973)
- Romerus romeri (Smith, 1953)
- Romerus shiwandashan (Li, Mo, Jiang, Xie, and Jiang, 2015)
References[change]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Li, J. T.; Che, J.; Bain, R. H.; Zhao, E. M.; Zhang, Y. P. (2008). "Molecular phylogeny of Rhacophoridae (Anura): A framework of taxonomic reassignment of species within the genera Aquixalus, Chiromantis, Rhacophorus, and Philautus". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48 (1): 302–312. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.023. PMID 18442928.
- ↑ "Romerus (Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021) | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dubois, Alain; Ohler, Annemarie; Pyron, R. Alexander (2021-02-26). "New concepts and methods for phylogenetic taxonomy and nomenclature in zoology, exemplified by a new ranked cladonomy of recent amphibians (Lissamphibia)". Megataxa. 5 (1): 1–738–1–738. doi:10.11646/megataxa.5.1.1. ISSN 2703-3090.
- ↑ Li, Jiatang; Dingqi Rao; Robert W. Murphy; Yaping Zhang (2011). "The systematic status of rhacophorid frogs" (PDF). Asian Herpetological Research. 2: 1–11. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1245.2011.00001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ↑ IUCN (2021). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Liuixalus Li, Che, Bain, Zhao, and Zhang, 2008". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
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