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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura

Familia: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Nyctixalus
Species: N. margaritifer – N. pictus – N. spinosus
Name

Nyctixalus Boulenger, 1882

Type species: Nyctixalus margaritifer Boulenger, 1882
Synonyms

Nyctixalus Boulenger, 1882
Hazelia Taylor, 1920
Edwardtayloria Marx, 1975

References

Boulenger, 1882, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 10: 35.
Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Nyctixalus access date 07 July 2008

Vernacular names
English: Indonesian Treefrogs

Nyctixalus is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. The common name is Indonesian tree frogs. They can be found in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines, and southern Vietnam. Nyctixalus is the sister taxon of Theloderma.[1] It has also been considered subgenus of Theloderma, but the most recent research treat it as a distinct genus.[1][2]
Description

Nyctixalus are medium-sized frogs with adults being 30–40 mm (1.2–1.6 in) in snout–vent length. Their body and limbs have numerous spiny tubercles. Fingers are free or webbed at base. Vocal sac is always absent.[3]
Species

There are three species in the genus:[1]

Nyctixalus margaritifer Boulenger, 1882
Nyctixalus pictus (Peters, 1871)
Nyctixalus spinosus (Taylor, 1920)

References

Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Nyctixalus Boulenger, 1882". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Theloderma Tschudi, 1838". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
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 2013-11-15.

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