Chiromantis

"Foam-nest frog" redirects here. For other frogs that make foam nests, see Bubble-nest frog.

Chiromantis is a group of frogs. These frogs are in the scientific family Rhacophoridae. In English, these frogs are named foam-nest frogs or foam-nest tree frogs.^[1] These frogs live in Sub-Saharan African places that are near the middle of the planet Earth, where it is warmest.^[1][2] Following the molecular genetic study by Chen and colleagues (2020),^[2] the Asian species formerly assigned to Chiromantis have now been reclassified to the resurrected genus Chirixalus.^[1]

Chiromantis
Chiromantis rufescens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Rhacophoridae
Genus:	Chiromantis Peters, 1854
Type species
Chiromantis xerampelina Peters, 1854
Species
4 species (see text)

Description

Chiromantis lay their eggs in piles of foam on the ground.^[2]

Species

These species are in Chiromantis:^[1]

• Chiromantis kelleri Boettger, 1893
• Chiromantis petersii Boulenger, 1882
• Chiromantis rufescens (Günther, 1869)
• Chiromantis xerampelina Peters, 1854