Tlalocohyla
Tlalocohyla is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae,[2][3] also known as rain treefrogs or Middle American yellow-bellied treefrogs. They occur in Middle America between Mexico and Costa Rica.[2] This genus was created in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae. The four species in this genus were previously placed in the genus Hyla.[1]
Tlalocohyla | |
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Tlalocohyla loquax | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Subfamily: | Hylinae |
Genus: | Tlalocohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005[1] |
Species | |
See text. |
Species
There are four recognized species:[2][3]
Binomial name and author | Common name |
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T. godmani (Günther, 1901) | Godman's tree frog |
T. loquax (Gaige and Stuart, 1934) | mahogany tree frog |
T. picta (Günther, 1901) | painted tree frog |
T. smithii (Boulenger, 1902) | dwarf Mexican tree frog |
References
- Faivovich, Julián; Haddad, Célio F.B.; Garcia, Paulo C.A.; Frost, Darrel R.; Campbell, Jonathan A. & Wheeler, Ward C. (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. (2019). "Tlalocohyla 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 28 November 2019.
- "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
External links
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: Tlalocohyla. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
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