Feihyla kajau (Dring, 1983)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Feihyla kajau, also known as the Dring's flying frog, white-eared tree frog, and white-eared jelly-nest frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Borneo and found in all major jurisdictions of the island Kalimantan (Indonesia), Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia), and Brunei. The specific name kajau is Berawan for "charming".
Wikipedia contributors, Feihyla kajau; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:10:20.714337+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Feihyla kajau (Dring, 1983)
- Name authority
- (Dring, 1983)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Rhacophoridae
- Genus
- Feihyla
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyRhacophoridae Hoffman, 1932
- subfamilyRhacophorinae Hoffman, 1932
- genusFeihyla Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan et al., 2006
- speciesFeihyla kajau (Dring, 1983)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Feihyla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Feihyla fuhua Fei, Ye & Jiang, 2010 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Feihyla hansenae (Cochran, 1927) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Feihyla palpebralis (Smith, 1924) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Feihyla vittata (Boulenger, 1887) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Feihyla vittiger (Boulenger, 1897) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Feihyla senapatiensis (Mathew & Sen, 2009) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Feihyla wuguanfui (Liu, Huang, Stuart, Ai, Bernstein, Suwannapoom, Chomdej, Che & Yuan, 2023) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Feihyla baladika (Riyanto & Kurniati, 2014) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Feihyla nauli (Riyanto & Kurniati, 2014) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Feihyla punctata (Wilkinson, Win, Thin, Lwin, Shein & Tun, 2003) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Feihyla inexpectata (Matsui, Shimada & Sudin, 2014) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Rhacophorus kajau Dring, 1983 Dring, 1983 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1102391 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3DXCS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.