Nyctimantis

Nyctimantis is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae.[2] It is monotypic, being repredented by the single species, Nyctimantis rugiceps, commonly known as the brown-eyed treefrog.[3] It is known from the Amazonian Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia, and it is likely to occur also in adjacent Brazil.[2] Its natural habitats are primary and secondary lowland tropical rainforest.[1]

Nyctimantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Lophyohylinae
Genus: Nyctimantis
Boulenger, 1882
Species:
N. rugiceps
Binomial name
Nyctimantis rugiceps
Boulenger, 1882

Nyctimantis rugiceps breeds in bamboo and tree holes. Females raise the tadpoles on trophic (unfertilized) eggs.[1]

References

  1. Coloma, L.A.; Ron, S.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.; Monteza, J.I.; Angulo, A. & Jungfer, K.-H. (2004). "Nyctimantis rugiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55765A11362238. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55765A11362238.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Nyctimantis rugiceps Boulenger, 1882". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Nyctimantis Boulenger, 1882". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 17 April 2014.


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