Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Familia: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Buergeriinae
Genus: Buergeria
Species (5): B. buergeri – B. japonica – B. otai – B. oxycephala – B. robusta
Name
Buergeria Tschudi, 1838: 34
Type species: Hyla bürgeri Temminck & Schlegel, 1838, by subsequent designation of Stejneger (1907: 143).
Synonyms
Bürgeria Tschudi, 1838: 34 [original spelling]
Dendricus Gistel, 1848: viii [nomen substitutum for Buergeria Tschudi, 1838]
Buergeria — Stejneger, 1907: 143 [justified emendation]
References
Primary references
Tschudi, J. J. von. 1838. Classification der Batrachier mit Berücksichtigung der fossilen Thiere dieser Abtheilung der Reptilien. Petitpierre: Neuchâtel.
Stejneger, L. 1907. Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 58: xx + 577.
Additional references
Wang, Y.-H., Hsiao, Y.-W., Lee, K.-H., Tseng, H.-Y., Lin, Y.-P., Komaki, S. & Lin, S.-M. 2017. Acoustic differentiation and behavioral response reveals cryptic species within Buergeria treefrogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Taiwan. PLoS ONE 12(9): e0184005. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184005 Reference page.
Wang, Y.-H., Hsiao, Y.-W., Lee, K.-H., Tseng, H.-Y., Lin, Y.-P., Komaki, S. & Lin, S.-M. 2018. Correction: Acoustic differentiation and behavioral response reveals cryptic species within Buergeria treefrogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Taiwan. PLoS ONE 13(2): e0193040. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193040 Reference page.
Links
Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Buergeria access date 06 July 2008
Vernacular names
English: Buerger's Frogs
Buergeria is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, and the sole genus of subfamily Buergeriinae. They are the sister taxon for all the other rhacophorids (subfamily Rhacophorinae). This position is firmly supported by the available evidence.[1][2]
Buergeria are sometimes known as Buerger's frogs. There are four species found in an area that stretches from Hainan (China) and Taiwan through the Ryukyu Islands to Honshu (Japan).[3]
Description
Buergeria are medium-sized to large frogs (snout-vent length 40–80 mm (1.6–3.1 in)) that resemble in their body form Rana (unlike other rhacophorids). Their skin is smooth and they have no dorsal ornamentations. Their feet are fully webbed whereas their fingers are only up to half-webbed.[2] They produce many eggs that are deposited in water and develop through a tadpole stage.[4]
Species
There are six recognized species in the genus Buergeria:[3]
Buergeria buergeri (Temminck & Schlegel, 1838) — Kajika Frog
Buergeria choui Matsui & Tominaga, 2020[5]
Buergeria japonica (Hallowell, 1861) — Ryukyu Kajika Frog
Buergeria otai Wang, Hsiao, Lee, Tseng, Lin, Komaki & Lin, 2018
Buergeria oxycephala (Boulenger, 1900)
Buergeria robusta (Boulenger, 1909)
Conservation
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed one of the four species as being vulnerable (Buergeria oxycephala), while the remaining ones are considered being of least concern.[6]
References
Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Buergeriinae Channing, 1989". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
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.
Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Buergeria Tschudi, 1838". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
Grosjean, S.; Delorme, M.; Dubois, A.; Ohler, A. (2008). "Evolution of reproduction in the Rhacophoridae (Amphibia, Anura)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 46 (2): 169. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00451.x.
Matsui, Masafumi; Tominaga, Atsushi (2020-08-28). "A New Species of Buergeria From the Southern Ryukyus and Northwestern Taiwan (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae)". Current Herpetology. 39 (2): 160–172. doi:10.5358/hsj.39.160. ISSN 1345-5834.
IUCN (2013). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>". Retrieved 23 November 2013.
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