Ptychohyla

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

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

Species

Binomial name and author Common name
P. acrochorda Campbell and Duellman, 2000
P. dendrophasma (Campbell, Smith, and Acevedo, 2000)
P. erythromma (Taylor, 1937) Guerreran stream frog
P. euthysanota (Kellogg, 1928) cloud forest stream frog
P. hypomykter McCranie and Wilson, 1993 Copan stream frog
P. legleri (Taylor, 1958) Legler's stream frog
P. leonhardschultzei (Ahl, 1934) Schultze's stream frog
P. macrotympanum (Tanner, 1957) pine forest stream frog
P. panchoi Duellman and Campbell, 1982 Guatemala stream frog
P. salvadorensis (Mertens, 1952)
P. sanctaecrucis Campbell and Smith, 1992 Chinamococh stream frog
P. spinipollex (Schmidt, 1936) Ceiba stream frog
P. zophodes Campbell and Duellman, 2000

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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