Ptychohyla

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Ptychohyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Ptychohyla
Taylor, 1944
Species

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Ptychohyla (Stream Frogs) is a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family, and are found in the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Guerrero and Oaxaca, Central America to western Panama.

[edit] Species

Binomial Name and Author Common Name
Ptychohyla acrochorda Campbell and Duellman, 2000
Ptychohyla dendrophasma (Campbell, Smith, and Acevedo, 2000)
Ptychohyla erythromma (Taylor, 1937) Guerreran Stream Frog
Ptychohyla euthysanota (Kellogg, 1928) Cloud Forest Stream Frog
Ptychohyla hypomykter McCranie and Wilson, 1993 Copan Stream Frog
Ptychohyla legleri (Taylor, 1958) Legler's Stream Frog
Ptychohyla leonhardschultzei (Ahl, 1934) Schultze's Stream Frog
Ptychohyla macrotympanum (Tanner, 1957) Pine Forest Stream Frog
Ptychohyla panchoi Duellman and Campbell, 1982 Guatemala Stream Frog
Ptychohyla salvadorensis (Mertens, 1952) Guerreran Stream Frog
Ptychohyla sanctaecrucis Campbell and Smith, 1992 Chinamococh Stream Frog
Ptychohyla spinipollex (Schmidt, 1936) Ceiba Stream Frog
Ptychohyla zophodes Campbell and Duellman, 2000

[edit] References

  • 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), pp. [153-167]
  • Duellman, W. E. (1960): Synonymy, variation, and distribution of Ptychohyla leonhard-schultzei Ahl. Studies of American hylid frogs. IV - Herpetologica 16, pp. 191-197

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