قراءة لمدة 1 دقيقة Polypedates

Polypedates is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae.
People call them whipping frogs in English.
They live in eastern and southern Asia.

Scientists have disagreed about whether these frogs should be called "Polypedates" or "Rhacophorus".
molecular phylogenetic studies show that they are two different groups of frogs and not the same group.
"Polypedates" and "Taruga" are considered to be the sister taxon of "Feihyla" and "Rhacophorus".

Species.

These species are in the genus "Polypedates", and scientists find more often:

The recently described "Polypedates bijui" has now been renamed as "Beddomixalus bijui", the only species in its genus.

Phylogeny.

Pyron & Wiens (2011) say that the frogs are related to each other this way.
8 species are included.
"Polypedates" is a sister group of "Feihyla".
Together, "Polypedates" and "Feihyla" form a sister group to "Rhacophorus".

Another group of scientists, Kuraishi, et al.
(2013), say the frogs are related to each other this way.
"Polypedates" and "Rhacophorus" are estimated to have split off from their most recent common ancestor 26.
6 million years ago during the Oligocene.