Feihyla

{{short description|Genus of frogs}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Chiromantis inexpectatus (10.3897-evolsyst.2.27020) Figure 5 (cropped).jpg

| image_caption = Feihyla inexpectata

| taxon = Feihyla

| authority = Frost et al., 2006{{Cite journal | last1 = Frost | first1 = D. R. | last2 = Grant | first2 = T. | last3 = Faivovich | first3 = J. N. | last4 = Bain | first4 = R. H. | last5 = Haas | first5 = A. | last6 = Haddad | first6 = C. L. F. B. | last7 = De Sá | first7 = R. O. | last8 = Channing | first8 = A. | last9 = Wilkinson | first9 = M. | last10 = Donnellan | first10 = S. C. | last11 = Raxworthy | first11 = C. J. | last12 = Campbell | first12 = J. A. | last13 = Blotto | first13 = B. L. | last14 = Moler | first14 = P. | last15 = Drewes | first15 = R. C. | last16 = Nussbaum | first16 = R. A. | last17 = Lynch | first17 = J. D. | last18 = Green | first18 = D. M. | last19 = Wheeler | first19 = W. C. | title = The Amphibian Tree of Life | journal = Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | volume = 297 | pages = 1–291| year = 2006 | doi = 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 | hdl = 2246/5781| doi-access = free }}

| type_species = Philautus palpebalis

| type_species_authority = Smith, 1924

| subdivision = 6, see text

}}

Feihyla is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. They are found in southern China and Vietnam, and likely also in Laos. Its phylogenetic position is not yet fully resolved, but it is probably the sister taxon to Taruga, Polypedates, and Rhacophorus.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Feihyla |title=Feihyla Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2013 |work=Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=17 November 2013}} Feihyla was originally erected to resolve polyphyly of Chirixalus by absorbing "Chirixalus palpebralis".

Description

The synapomorphy diagnosing Feihyla is its reproductive mode, laying eggs in a jelly containing some bubbles.{{Cite journal| last = Li| first = Jiatang| author2 = Dingqi Rao| author3 = Robert W. Murphy| author4 = Yaping Zhang| year = 2011| title = The systematic status of rhacophorid frogs| journal = Asian Herpetological Research| volume = 2| pages = 1–11| doi = 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2011.00001| url = http://210.75.237.14/bitstream/351003/23370/1/2011e0121z.pdf| access-date = 2013-11-17| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203064057/http://210.75.237.14/bitstream/351003/23370/1/2011e0121z.pdf| archive-date = 2013-12-03| url-status = dead}}

Species

The following species are recognized in the genus Feihyla:

References