Slender-legged Treefrogs

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Slender-legged Treefrogs
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Osteocephalus
Steindachner, 1862
Species

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Slender-legged Treefrogs (Osteocephalus) is a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family, and are found in the Guianas, the Amazon Basin, Venezuela, Colombia, southeastern Brazil and northeastern Argentina. Males look warty, while females are smooth.

[edit] Species

Binomial Name and Author Common Name
Osteocephalus buckleyi (Boulenger, 1882) Buckley's Slender-legged Treefrog
Osteocephalus cabrerai (Cochran and Goin, 1970)
Osteocephalus carri (Cochran and Goin, 1970)
Osteocephalus deridens Jungfer, Ron, Seipp, and Almendáriz, 2000
Osteocephalus elkejungingerae (Henle, 1981) Henle's Slender-legged Treefrog
Osteocephalus exophthalmus Smith and Noonan, 2001
Osteocephalus fuscifacies Jungfer, Ron, Seipp, and Almendáriz, 2000
Osteocephalus heyeri Lynch, 2002
Osteocephalus langsdorfii
Osteocephalus leoniae Jungfer and Lehr, 2001
Osteocephalus leprieurii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) Cayenne Slender-legged Treefrog
Osteocephalus mutabor Jungfer and Hödl, 2002
Osteocephalus oophagus Jungfer and Schiesari, 1995
Osteocephalus pearsoni (Gaige, 1929) Pearson's Slender-legged Treefrog
Osteocephalus phasmatus MacCulloch and Lathrop, 2005
Osteocephalus planiceps Cope, 1874
Osteocephalus subtilis Martins and Cardoso, 1987 Brazilian Slender-legged Treefrog
Osteocephalus taurinus Steindachner, 1862 Manaus Slender-legged Treefrog
Osteocephalus verruciger (Werner, 1901) Ecuador Slender-legged Treefrog
Osteocephalus yasuni Ron and Pramuk, 1999

[edit] References

  • Jungfer, K.-H., Schiesari, L.C. (1995a): Description of a central Amazonian and Guianan tree frog, genus Osteocephalus (Anura, Hylidae), with oophagous tadpoles. - Alytes, Paris 13(1), pp. [1-13]
  • Jungfer, K.-H., Ron, S., Seipp, R., Almendáriz, A. (2000): Two new species of hylid frogs, genus Osteocephalus, from Amazonian Ecuador. - Amphibia-Reptilia 21(3), pp. [327-340]
  • Jungfer, K.-H., Hödl, W. (2002): A new species of Osteocephalus from Ecuador and a redescription of O. leprieurii (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) (Anura: Hylidae). - Amphibia-Reptilia 23(1), pp. [21-46]

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