Cruziohyla
Cruziohyla is a genus of frogs in the family Phyllomedusidae. They occur from Honduras in Central America south to the Amazon Basin in South America.[2] This genus was erected in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae and fully reviewed in 2018. Species in this genus were previously placed in the genera Agalychnis or Phyllomedusa.[2]
| Cruziohyla | |
|---|---|
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| Cruziohyla sylviae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Phyllomedusidae |
| Genus: | Cruziohyla Faivovich et al., 2005[1] |
| Diversity | |
| 3 species (see text) | |
These frogs are characterized by extensive hand and foot webbing. Their eye has a bicoloured iris. Tadpoles develop in water-filled depressions on fallen trees.[1] The name Cruziohyla honors Brazilian herpetologist Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz.[1]
Species
There are three Cruziohyla species:[2][3][4]
- Cruziohyla calcarifer (Boulenger, 1902) — splendid leaf frog
- Cruziohyla craspedopus (Funkhouser, 1957) — fringe tree frog
- Cruziohyla sylviae Gray, 2018 — Sylvia's tree frog
References
- Julián Faivovich; Célio F.B. Haddad; Paulo C.A. Garcia; Darrel R. Frost; Jonathan A. Campbell; Ward C. Wheeler (2005). "Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 294: 1–240. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.470.2967. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Cruziohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- Gray, Andrew R. (2018). "Review of the genus Cruziohyla (Anura: Phyllomedusidae), with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 4450 (4): 401–426. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4450.4.1.
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