Philautus is a genus of shrub frogs in the family Rhacophoridae from Asia. Some species in this genus are now considered extinct by IUCN, while others are widespread and abundant (such as the recently described P. abundus, which was specifically named for this fact). The taxonomy of the group is unclear, with many poorly described species.
This genus is unique in that development is not direct, with all growth within the egg and no free-swimming tadpole stage. Some species have been found to bury their eggs in soil, although they are arboreal, and others attach their eggs to leaves.
Revision In 2009, researchers from the University of Delhi revised this genus after discovering and rediscovering numerous species in the forests of the Western Ghats.
List of species The following species are recognised in the genus Philautus:
Philautus abditus Inger, Orlov, and Darevsky, 1999 Philautus acutirostris (Peters, 1867) Philautus acutus Dring, 1987 Philautus amabilis Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017 Philautus amoenus Smith, 1931 Philautus aurantium Inger, 1989 Philautus aurifasciatus (Schlegel, 1837) Philautus bunitus Inger, Stuebing, and Tan, 1995 Philautus cardamonus Ohler, Swan, and Daltry, 2002 Philautus catbaensis Milto, Poyarkov, Orlov, and Nguyen, 2013 Philautus cinerascens (Stoliczka, 1870) Philautus cornutus (Boulenger, 1920) Philautus davidlabangi Matsui, 2009 Philautus disgregus Inger, 1989 Philautus dubius (Boulenger, 1882) Philautus erythrophthalmus Stuebing and Wong, 2000 Philautus everetti (Boulenger, 1894) Philautus garo (Boulenger, 1919) Philautus gunungensis Malkmus and Riede, 1996 Philautus hosii (Boulenger, 1895) Philautus ingeri Dring, 1987 Philautus jacobsoni (Van Kampen, 1912) Philautus juliandringi Dehling, 2010 Philautus kakipanjang Dehling and Dehling, 2013 Philautus kempiae (Boulenger, 1919) Philautus kempii (Annandale, 1912) Philautus kerangae Dring, 1987 Philautus leitensis (Boulenger, 1897) Philautus longicrus (Boulenger, 1894) Philautus macroscelis (Boulenger, 1896) Philautus maosonensis Bourret, 1937 Philautus microdiscus (Annandale, 1912) Philautus mjobergi Smith, 1925 Philautus namdaphaensis Sarkar and Sanyal, 1985 Philautus nephophilus Dehling, Matsui, and Yambun Imbun, 2016 Philautus nepenthophilus Etter, Haas, Lee, Min, Das and Hertwig, 2021 Philautus nianeae Stuart, Phimmachak, Seateun, and Sheridan, 2013 Philautus pallidipes (Barbour, 1908) Philautus petersi (Boulenger, 1900) Philautus poecilius Brown and Alcala, 1994 Philautus polymorphus Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017 Philautus refugii Inger and Stuebing, 1996 Philautus saueri Malkmus and Riede, 1996 Philautus schmackeri (Boettger, 1892) Philautus surdus (Peters, 1863) Philautus surrufus Brown and Alcala, 1994 Philautus tectus Dring, 1987 Philautus thamyridion Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017 Philautus tytthus Smith, 1940 Philautus umbra Dring, 1987 Philautus ventrimaculatus Wostl, Riyanto, Hamidy, Kurniawan, Smith, and Harvey, 2017 Philautus vermiculatus (Boulenger, 1900) Philautus worcesteri (Stejneger, 1905)
Notes
References Gururaja, KV and Dinesh, KP and Palot, MJ and Radhakrishnan, C and Ramachandra, TV (2007) A new species of Philautus Gistel (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 1621:pp. 1–16. PDF Manamendra-Arachchi, K.& R. Pethiyagoda. 2005 The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 12:163-303 PDF Meegaskumbura, M. & K. Manamendra-Arachchi. 2005. Description of eight new species of shrub-frogs (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae: Philautus) from Sri Lanka. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 12:305-338. PDF