Heart-tongued Frogs
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| Phyllodytes luteolus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Hylinae |
| Genus: | Phyllodytes Brocchi, 1877 |
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Heart-tongued Frogs (Phyllodytes) is a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family, found in eastern Brazil (the species Phytotriades (=Phyllodytes) auratus from the island of Trinidad was previously considered a member of this genus). These are small arboreal frogs which live and breed exclusively on epiphytic bromeliad plants. They have serrated teeth and sharp fangs on their jaws.
[edit] Species
This genus includes 12 species:
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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| Phyllodytes acuminatus Bokermann, 1966 | Alagoas Heart-tongued Frogs |
| Phyllodytes auratus (Boulenger, 1917) | El Tucuche Golden Tree Frog |
| Phyllodytes brevirostris Peixoto & Cruz, 1988 | Alhandra Heart-tongued Frogs |
| Phyllodytes edelmoi Peixoto, Caramaschi & Freire, 2003 | |
| Phyllodytes gyrinaethes Peixoto, Caramaschi & Freire, 2003 | |
| Phyllodytes kautskyi Peixoto & Cruz, 1988 | Brazilian Heart-tongued Frogs |
| Phyllodytes luteolus (Wied-Neuwied, 1824) | Yellow Heart-tongued Frogs |
| Phyllodytes maculosus Cruz, Feio & Cardoso, 2007 | |
| Phyllodytes melanomystax Caramaschi, da Silva & Britto-Pereira, 1992 | Bahia Heart-tongued Frogs |
| Phyllodytes punctatus Caramaschi & Peixoto, 2004 | |
| Phyllodytes tuberculosus Bokermann, 1966 | Maracas Heart-tongued Frogs |
| Phyllodytes wuchereri (Peters, 1873) |
[edit] References
- Caramaschi, U., Peixoto, O., Rodrigues, M.T. (2004): Revalidation and redescription of Phyllodytes wuchereri (Peters, 1873) (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae) - Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro 62(2), pp. 185-191
[edit] External links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Phyllodytes. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 25, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Phyllodytes. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 25, 2008).
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Phyllodytes at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Phyllodytes at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 25, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Phyllodytes at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
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