Belongs within: Saukrobatrachia.
Contains: Rhacophorini, Philautus.
The Rhacophoridae are an Old World tropical clade of mostly arboreal frogs with intercalary phalangeal elements and often T-shaped terminal phalanges (Frost et al. 2006).
Synapomorphies (Frost et al. 2006): Larva with anterior insertion of m. subarcualis rectus II–IV on ceratobranchial II; larval m. levator mandibulae externus present as two portions (profundus and superficialis); posterior dorsal process of pars alaris expanded terminally, almost rectangular in lateral view; cartilaginous roofing of cavum cranii composed of taeniae tecti medialis only; free basihyal absent; commissura proximalis II present; commissura proximalis III present.
<==Rhacophoridae
| i. s.: Indorana prasadiLL13
|--Buergeria Tschudi 1838FG06 [BuergeriinaeLL13, Buergeriini]
| |--B. japonicaLL13
| `--+--B. oxycephalaLL13
| `--+--B. buergeriLL13
| `--B. robustaLL13
`--Rhacophorinae [Philautinae, Philautini]LL13
| i. s.: Aquixalus Delorme, Dubois et al. 2005FG06
| |--*A. odontotarsusFG06
| |--A. ananjevaeFG06
| |--A. baliogasterFG06
| |--A. bisacculusFG06
| |--A. carinensisFG06
| `--A. nasoFG06
| DendrobatoranaPW11
|--LiuixalusLL13
| |--L. hainanusLL13 [=Philautus hainanusPW11]
| `--+--L. ocellatusLL13 [=Chirixalus ocellatusFG06, Philautus ocellatusPW11]
| `--L. romeriLL13
`--+--+--Nyctixalus Boulenger 1882LL13, FG06
| | |--N. pictusLL13
| | `--N. spinosusLL13
| `--Theloderma Tschudi 1838LL13, FG06
| | i. s.: T. bicolorPW11
| |--T. asperumLL13
| `--+--T. molochLL13
| `--+--T. corticaleLL13
| `--T. rhododiscusLL13
`--+--RhacophoriniLL13
`--+--+--PhilautusLL13
| `--+--‘Kurixalus’ jinxiuensisPW11
| `--+--‘Philautus’ duyetiPW11
| `--GracixalusLL13
| | i. s.: G. supercornutus (Orlov, Ho & Nguyen 2004) (see below for synonymy)FG06
| |--G. gracilipes (Bourret 1937)LL13, FG06 (see below for synonymy)
| `--+--G. carinensisLL13
| `--G. jinxiuensisLL13
`--+--Pseudophilautus Laurent 1943LL13, FG06
| |--P. microtympanumLL13
| `--P. wynaadensisLL13
`--+--RaorchestesLL13
| |--R. chariusLL13
| `--+--R. gryllusLL13
| `--+--R. longchuanensisLL13
| `--R. menglaensisLL13
`--Kurixalus Ye, Fei & Dubois 1999LL13, FG06
|--K. appendiculatusLL13
`--+--+--K. eiffingeri (Boettger 1895)LL13, FG06 [=Chirixalus eiffingeriFG06]
| `--K. idiootocus (Kuramoto & Wang 1987) [=Aquixalus idiootocus, Chirixalus idiootocus]FG06
`--+--K. banaensisLL13 [=Philautus banaensisPW11]
`--+--‘Philautus’ carinensisPW11
|--K. verrucosus (Boulenger 1893)LL13, FG06 (see below for synonymy)
`--+--K. odontotarsusLL13
`--+--K. bisacculusLL13
`--K. hainanusLL13
Gracixalus gracilipes (Bourret 1937)LL13, FG06 [=Philautus gracilipesFG06, Aquixalus (*Gracixalus) gracilipesFG06, Chirixalus gracilipesFG06]
Gracixalus supercornutus (Orlov, Ho & Nguyen 2004) [=Philautus supercornutus, Aquixalus (Gracixalus) supercornutus]FG06
Kurixalus verrucosus (Boulenger 1893)LL13, FG06 [=Aquixalus verrucosusFG06, Rhacophorus verrucosusFG06]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[FG06] Frost, D. R., T. Grant, J. Faivovich, R. H. Bain, A. Haas, C. F. B. Haddad, R. O. de Sá, A. Channing, M. Wilkinson, S. C. Donnellan, C. J. Raxworthy, J. A. Campbell, B. L. Blotto, P. Moler, R. C. Drewes, R. A. Nussbaum, J. D. Lynch, D. M. Green & W. C. Wheeler. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370.
[LL13] Li, J.-T., Y. Li, S. Klaus, D.-Q. Rao, D. M. Hillis & Y.-P. Zhang. 2013. Diversification of rhacophorid frogs provides evidence for accelerated faunal exchange between India and Eurasia during the Oligocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 110 (9): 3441–3446.
[PW11] Pyron, R. A., & J. J. Wiens. 2011. A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61: 543–583.