Megastomatohyla
| Megastomatohyla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Megastomatohyla Faivovich et al., 2005 |
| Species | |
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Megastomatohyla is a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family. This genus was erected in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae family.[1] The four species in this genus were previously placed in the Hyla genus. They are endemic to the cloud forests of central Veracruz and Oaxaca, Mexico.
Species
| Binomial name and author | Common name |
|---|---|
| M. mixe (Duellman, 1965) | Mixe tree frog |
| M. mixomaculata (Taylor, 1950) | variegated tree frog |
| M. nubicola (Duellman, 1964) | cloud forest tree frog |
| M. pellita (Duellman, 1968) | Oaxacan yellow tree frog |
References
- ↑ Faivovich, J.; Haddad, C.F.B.; Garcia, P.C.A.; Frost, D.R.; Campbell, J.A.; Wheeler, W.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, Num. 294, pp.1-240.
External links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). Megastomatohyla. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 22, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Megastomatohyla. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 22, 2008).
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