Slender-legged tree frogs
| Slender-legged tree frogs | |
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| Osteocephalus taurinus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Osteocephalus Steindachner, 1862 |
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Osteocephalus is a genus of frogs (slender-legged tree frogs)in the Hylidae family found in the Guianas, the Amazon Basin, Venezuela, Colombia, southeastern Brazil, and northeastern Argentina. Males are warty, while females are smooth.
Species
| Binomial name and author | Common name |
|---|---|
| O. buckleyi (Boulenger, 1882) | Buckley's slender-legged tree frog |
| O. cabrerai (Cochran and Goin, 1970) | |
| O. carri (Cochran and Goin, 1970) | |
| O. deridens Jungfer, Ron, Seipp, and Almendáriz, 2000 | |
| O. elkejungingerae (Henle, 1981) | Henle's slender-legged tree frog |
| O. exophthalmus Smith and Noonan, 2001 | |
| O. fuscifacies Jungfer, Ron, Seipp, and Almendáriz, 2000 | |
| O. heyeri Lynch, 2002 | |
| O. langsdorfii | Ocellated tree frog |
| O. leoniae Jungfer and Lehr, 2001 | |
| O. leprieurii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) | Cayenne slender-legged tree frog |
| O. mutabor Jungfer and Hödl, 2002 | |
| O. oophagus Jungfer and Schiesari, 1995 | |
| O. pearsoni (Gaige, 1929) | Pearson's slender-legged tree frog |
| O. phasmatus MacCulloch and Lathrop, 2005 | |
| O. planiceps Cope, 1874 | |
| O. subtilis Martins and Cardoso, 1987 | Brazilian slender-legged tree frog |
| O. taurinus Steindachner, 1862 | Manaus slender-legged tree frog |
| O. verruciger (Werner, 1901) | Ecuador slender-legged tree frog |
| O. yasuni Ron and Pramuk, 1999 | |
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]
- Jungfer, K.-H., J. Faivovich, J.M. Padial, S. Castroviejo-Fisher, M. Lyra, B. Von Muller Berneck, P. Iglesias, P.J.R. Kok, R.D. MacCulloch, M.T. Rodrigues, V.K. Verdade, C.P. Torres Gastello, J.C. Chaparro, P.H. Valdujo, S. Reichle, J. Moravec, V. Gvoždík, G. Gagliardi-Urrutia, R. Ernst, I. De la Riva, D.B. Means, A.P. Lima, J.C. Señaris, W.C. Wheeler and C.F.B. Haddad. (2013). Systematics of spiny-backed treefrogs (Hylidae: Osteocephalus) an Amazonian puzzle. Zoologica Scripta 42: 351–380.
External links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). Osteocephalus. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Osteocephalus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Osteocephalus at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Osteocephalus at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Osteocephalus at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
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