Liuixalus
Liuixalus is a small genus of rhacophorid frogs that are distributed in southern China. 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 from the rest of Chiromantis. The genus name commemorates, a Chinese herpetologist.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed two of the three species as endangered, while the remaining one is considered data deficient.Species
There are six recognized species in the genus Liuixalus:
- Liuixalus calcarius Milto, Poyarkov, Orlov, and Nguyen, 2013
- Liuixalus feii Yang, Rao, and Wang, 2015
- Liuixalus hainanus
- Liuixalus ocellatus
- Liuixalus romeri
- Liuixalus shiwandashan Li, Mo, Jiang, Xie, and Jiang, 2015
