Buergeria | |
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Buergeria japonica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Rhacophoridae |
Subfamily: | Buergeriinae Channing, 1989 |
Genus: | Buergeria Tschudi, 1838 |
Type species | |
Hyla bürgeri Temminck & Schlegel, 1838 | |
Diversity | |
6 species, see text. |
Buergeria is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, and the sole genus of subfamily Buergeriinae. Iti s the sister taxon for all the other rhacophorids (subfamily Rhacophorinae). The available genetic data firmly supports this position.[1][2]
Buergeria are sometimes known as Buerger's frogs. There are four species found in an area that stretches from Hainan (China) and Taiwan through the Ryukyu Islands to Honshu (Japan).[3]