African Foam-nest Tree Frogs
Chiromantis
Chiromantis (commonly known as the foam-nest frog or foam-nest tree frog) is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. It contains species from the Sub-Saharan African tropics as well as from South and East Asia (northeastern India, Bangladesh, China, Mainland Southeast Asia, and Borneo). The Asian species were formerly assigned to Chirixalus, but this taxon was shown to be paraphyletic with respect to African Chiromantis. Consequently, Chirixalus were included in Chiromantis. Monophyly of Chiromantis also...
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Grey Foam-nest Tree Frog
speciesChiromantis xerampelina
African foam-nest tree frog
speciesChiromantis rufescens
Peters' Foam-nest Tree Frog
speciesChiromantis petersii
Keller's Bubble-nest Frog
speciesChiromantis kelleri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 26653.