# Feihyla

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***Feihyla*** is a genus of [frogs](/source/Frog) in the family [Rhacophoridae](/source/Rhacophoridae), [subfamily](/source/Subfamily) [Rhacophorinae](/source/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](/source/Sister_taxon) to *[Taruga](/source/Taruga)*, *[Polypedates](/source/Polypedates)*, and *[Rhacophorus](/source/Rhacophorus)*.[2] *Feihyla* was originally erected to resolve [polyphyly](/source/Polyphyly) of *[Chirixalus](/source/Chirixalus)* by absorbing *["Chirixalus palpebralis"](/source/Feihyla_palpebralis)*.[1]

## Description

The [synapomorphy](/source/Synapomorphy) diagnosing *Feihyla* is its reproductive mode, laying eggs in a jelly containing some bubbles.[3]

## Species

The following species are recognized in the genus *Feihyla*:[2]

- *[Feihyla fuhua](/source/Feihyla_fuhua)* Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010
- *[Feihyla inexpectata](/source/Feihyla_inexpectata)* (Matsui, Shimada, and Sudin, 2014)
- *[Feihyla kajau](/source/Feihyla_kajau)* (Dring, 1983)
- *[Feihyla palpebralis](/source/Feihyla_palpebralis)* (Smith, 1924)
- *[Feihyla samkosensis](/source/Samkos_bush_frog)* (Grismer, Neang, Chav, and Holden, 2007)
- *[Feihyla vittiger](/source/Chirixalus_vittiger)* (Boulenger, 1897)
- *[Feihyla wenshanensis](/source/Feihyla_wenshanensis)* Liu *et al.*, 2026[4]
- *[Feihyla zhaotongensis](/source/Feihyla_zhaotongensis)* Liu *et al.*, 2026[4]

## References

1. Frost, D. R.; Grant, T.; Faivovich, J. N.; Bain, R. H.; Haas, A.; Haddad, C. L. F. B.; De Sá, R. O.; Channing, A.; Wilkinson, M.; Donnellan, S. C.; Raxworthy, C. J.; Campbell, J. A.; Blotto, B. L.; Moler, P.; Drewes, R. C.; Nussbaum, R. A.; Lynch, J. D.; Green, D. M.; Wheeler, W. C. (2006). "The Amphibian Tree of Life". *Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History*. **297**: 1–291. [doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297\[0001:TATOL](https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297%5B0001:TATOL%5D2.0.CO;2)2.0.CO;2]. [hdl:2246/5781](https://hdl.handle.net/2246/5781)

1. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). ["*Feihyla* Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006"](http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Feihyla). *Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference*. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 17 November 2013.

1. Li, Jiatang; Dingqi Rao; Robert W. Murphy; Yaping Zhang (2011). ["The systematic status of rhacophorid frogs"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131203064057/http://210.75.237.14/bitstream/351003/23370/1/2011e0121z.pdf). *Asian Herpetological Research*. **2**: 1–11. [doi:10.3724/SP.J.1245.2011.00001](https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1245.2011.00001). Archived from [the original](http://210.75.237.14/bitstream/351003/23370/1/2011e0121z.pdf) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-17.

1. Liu, S.; Bu, C.; Feng, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Yang, S.; Ma, Z.; Chen, Z.; Chen, S.; He, K.; Zhong, W.; Rao, D. (2026). "Two New Species of the Genus *Feihyla* (Anura: Rhacophoridae) previously confused with *F. fuhua* Fei, Ye & Jiang, 2010 from Yunnan, China". *Ecologica Montenegrina*. **94**: 228-242. [doi:10.37828/em.2026.94.16](https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2026.94.16)

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