Hypopachus

Hypopachus
	Mexican narrow-mouthed toad (Hypopachus variolosus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Microhylidae
Subfamily:	Gastrophryninae
Genus:	Hypopachus; Keferstein, 1867
Diversity
	4 species

Hypopachus is a genus of microhylid frogs (common name: sheep frogs) found in the Americas between Costa Rica and the southern United States.^[1] They can bury themselves under the ground or moss. Its name means ‘somewhat thick’, referring to its tough skin.^[2]

Species[edit]

The five species are:^[1]

Hypopachus barberi Schmidt, 1939 – Barber's sheep frog
Hypopachus guancasco Firneno, Itgen, Jacobs, Mcdaniels, Luque-Montes, Wilson, and Townsend, 2021 – Lenca sheep frog^[3]
Hypopachus pictiventris (Cope, 1886)
Hypopachus ustus (Cope, 1866)
Hypopachus variolosus (Cope, 1866) – sheep frog

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Hypopachus Keferstein, 1867". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
^ Lee, Julian C. (1996). The amphibians and reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Comstock. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-8014-2450-2. Hypopachus is from the Greek hypo, meaning "under", "beneath", or "less than usual" and pachys, "thick".
^ Firneno, T. J., Jr., M. W. Itgen, J. L. Jacobs, C. X. Mcdaniels, I. R. Luque-Montes, L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. 2021. Integrating phylogenetics, morphology, and osteology to delimit a new species of endemic montane sheep frog (Microhylidae: Hypopachus) from the Lenca Highlands of Honduras. Systematics and Biodiversity 19: 186–208 (https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2020.1841325).

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[frost-1] Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Hypopachus Keferstein, 1867". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

[2] Lee, Julian C. (1996). The amphibians and reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Comstock. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-8014-2450-2. Hypopachus is from the Greek hypo, meaning "under", "beneath", or "less than usual" and pachys, "thick".

[3] Firneno, T. J., Jr., M. W. Itgen, J. L. Jacobs, C. X. Mcdaniels, I. R. Luque-Montes, L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. 2021. Integrating phylogenetics, morphology, and osteology to delimit a new species of endemic montane sheep frog (Microhylidae: Hypopachus) from the Lenca Highlands of Honduras. Systematics and Biodiversity 19: 186–208 (https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2020.1841325).

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