title: Systematic revision of the Taiwanese genus Kurixalus members with a description of two new endemic species (Anura, Rhacophoridae).
abstract: Two new species of rhacophorid tree frog were identified in Taiwan. In both new taxa, derived reproductive characteristics of laying eggs in tree holes and oophagous tadpoles are shared with Kurixalus eiffingeri, but they are divergent from each other in molecular genetics, mating calls, and tadpole and adult morphology. The morphological characteristics and the molecular phylogenetic evidence support the hypothesis that the two new species, Kurixalus berylliniris sp. n. and Kurixalus wangi sp. n., are both monophyletic lineages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Earth and Life Science, University of Taipei. No.1, Ai-Guo West Road, Taipei, 10048 Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shu-Ping
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Chuan-Chin
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute, 1, Ming-shen East Road, Chichi Township, Nantou County 55244, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chi-Li
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.affiliation: Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute, 1, Ming-shen East Road, Chichi Township, Nantou County 55244, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Te-En
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute, 1, Ming-shen East Road, Chichi Township, Nantou County 55244, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jhih-Jia
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Jhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, No. 250, Guo-Guang Road, Taichung City, 40227 Taiwan.
authors.forename: Sheng-Hai
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wu
keywords: Kurixalus berylliniris sp. n.; Kurixalus wangi sp. n.; oophagous tadpoles