Aparasphenodon

Aparasphenodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
Species
See text.

Aparasphenodon is a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family, and are found southeastern Brazil, the Orinoco Basin, Venezuela and Colombia. These are tree-dwelling species usually hiding in the cisterns of epiphytic bromeliads. The top of the head carries a bony plate which is fused with the skin.

Species

The genus is composed of three species:

Binomial Name and Author	Common Name
Aparasphenodon bokermanni Pombal, 1993	Bokermann's Casque-headed Frog
Aparasphenodon brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920	Bruno's Casque-headed Frog
Aparasphenodon venezolanus (Mertens, 1950)	Venezuela Casque-headed Frog

References

• Trueb, L. (1970b): The evolutionary relationships of casque-headed treefrogs with co-ossified skulls (family Hylidae). - Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. 18, pp. [547-716]

External links

• Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Aparasphenodon. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Aparasphenodon. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
• eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Aparasphenodon at http://www.eol.org.
• ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Aparasphenodon at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
• GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Aparasphenodon at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm