Iti s the sister taxon for all the other rhacophorids (subfamily Rhacophorinae).

There are four species found in an area that stretches from Hainan (China) and Taiwan through the Ryukyu Islands to Honshu (Japan).

[3] Buergeria are medium-sized to large frogs (snout-vent length 40–80 mm (1.6–3.1 in)) that resemble in their body form Rana (unlike other rhacophorids).

[2] They produce many eggs that are deposited in water and develop through a tadpole stage.

[4] There are six recognized species in the genus Buergeria:[3] The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed one of the four species as being vulnerable (Buergeria oxycephala), while the remaining ones are considered being of least concern.