قراءة لمدة 1 دقيقة Rohanixalus

Rohanixalus is a genus of tree frogs in the family Rhacophoridae.
They live in the Andaman islands and in Indo-Burma region.
Indian amphibian scientist S.
D.
Biju of the University of Delhi and his colleagues made the genus in 2020.
There are eight species in it.

Etymology.

Scientists named the genus after Sri Lankan taxonomy sicentist Rohan Pethiyagoda.
Pethiyagoda is a fish scientist.
He has found and written papers about almost 100 new species from Sri Lanka.

Description.

These frogs are small with slim bodies.
They are about long from nose to rear end.
They have a pair of colored lines on either side of the body.
Some have brown spots.
Female frogs lay light greenish eggs in bubble-nests in trees.
Female mothers take care of the eggs and helps the tadpoles reach the water.

Home.

These frogs live in the Andaman islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and southern China.