Chiromantis Peters, 1854

Badjedjea, Gabriel, Masudi, Franck M., Akaibe, Benjamin Dudu & Gvoždík, Václav, 2022, Amphibians of Kokolopori: an introduction to the amphibian fauna of the Central Congolian Lowland Forests, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 301) 16 (1), pp. 35-70 : 62

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12761585

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12761763

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scientific name

Chiromantis Peters, 1854
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Chiromantis Peters, 1854 View in CoL

The only species of this genus, C. rufescens , is known from Central Africa. However, a recent phylogeographic study has shown that the north-central and eastern Congolian population is relatively divergent (the estimated origin is dated to the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary) and may represent a distinct species ( Leaché et al. 2019). Representatives of this genus deposit eggs into foam nests attached usually to branches above water ( Channing and Rödel 2019). The foam is produced from a secretion during oviposition by beating the secretion by both females and males, sometimes including multiple males.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Rhacophoridae

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