Ptychohyla
Appearance
Ptychohyla | |
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Ptychohyla salvadorensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Subfamily: | Hylinae |
Genus: | Ptychohyla Taylor, 1944 |
Species | |
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Ptychohyla is a genus of frogs (common names: stream frogs, mountain stream frogs) in the family Hylidae.[1][2] These frogs are found in the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca, and Central America to western Panama.[1]
Species
There are 13 species in this genus.[1]
Binomial name and author | Common name |
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P. acrochorda Campbell and Duellman, 2000 | Warty Mountain stream frog |
P. dendrophasma (Campbell, Smith, and Acevedo, 2000) | phantom treefrog |
P. erythromma (Taylor, 1937) | Guerreran stream frog |
P. euthysanota (Kellogg, 1928) | cloud forest stream frog |
P. hypomykter McCranie and Wilson, 1993 | Copan stream frog |
P. legleri (Taylor, 1958) | Legler's stream frog |
P. leonhardschultzei (Ahl, 1934) | Schultze's stream frog |
P. macrotympanum (Tanner, 1957) | pine forest stream frog |
P. panchoi Duellman and Campbell, 1982 | Guatemala stream frog |
P. salvadorensis (Mertens, 1952) | Salvador stream frog |
P. sanctaecrucis Campbell and Smith, 1992[3] | Chinamococh stream frog |
P. spinipollex (Schmidt, 1936) | Ceiba stream frog |
P. zophodes Campbell and Duellman, 2000 | Gloomy Mountain stream frog |
References
- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ptychohyla Taylor, 1944". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ^ "Ptychohyla Taylor, 1944". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Campbell, J.A., Smith, E.N. (1992): A new frog of the genus Ptychohyla (Hylidae) from the Sierra de Santa Cruz, Guatemala, and description of a new genus of Middle American stream-breeding treefrogs. - Herpetologica 48(2): 153-167
- Duellman, W. E. (1960): Synonymy, variation, and distribution of Ptychohyla leonhard-schultzei Ahl. Studies of American hylid frogs. IV - Herpetologica 16: 191–197
External links
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Ptychohyla. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: April 23, 2008).