Charadrahyla


Charadrahyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae
Genus: Charadrahyla
Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005[1]
Species

See text.

Charadrahyla is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. This genus was erected in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae family.[1] The five species in this genus were previously placed in the Hyla genus. They are found in tropical southern Mexico.

Species

Binomial name and author Common name
C. altipotens (Duellman, 1968)[2] Yellowbelly voiceless tree frog
C. chaneque (Duellman, 1961)[3] Fairy tree frog
C. nephila (Mendelson and Campbell, 1999)[4]
C. taeniopus (Günther, 1901)[5] Porthole tree frog
C. trux (Adler and Dennis, 1972)[6] Spine-fingered tree frog

Citations

  1. 1 2 Faivovich, Julián; Haddad, Celio F. B.; Garcia, Paulo C. A.; Frost, Darrel R.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Wheeler, Ward C. (2005). "Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae : phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision". Bulletin of the AMNH. 294: 99–100. hdl:2246/462.
  2. Duellman, William E. (1968). "Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs from Mexico and Central America". University of Kansas Publications: Museum of Natural History. 17 (13): 572–575. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.7138.
  3. Duellman, William E. (1961). "Description of a New Species of Tree Frog from México: Studies of American Hylid Frogs VI". Herpetologica. 17 (1): 1–5. JSTOR 3889711.
  4. Mendelson, III, Joseph R.; Campbell, Jonathan A. (1999). "The Taxonomic Status of Populations Referred to Hyla chaneque in Southern Mexico, with the Description of a New Treefrog from Oaxaca". Journal of Herpetology. 33 (1): 80–86. JSTOR 1565545.
  5. Günther, Albert C. L. G. (1901). "Hyla tæniopus, sp. n.". Reptilia and Bactrachia. Biologia Centrali-Americana. pp. 269–270.
  6. Adler, Kraig; Dennis, David M. (March 15, 1972). "New Tree Frogs of the Genus Hyla from the Cloud Forests of Western Guerrero, México". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History: The University of Kansas: Lawrence, Kansas. 7: 1–8.


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