Duellmanohyla
Duellmanohyla | |
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Duellmanohyla uranochroa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Subfamily: | Hylinae |
Genus: | Duellmanohyla Campbell & Smith , 1992 |
Species | |
8 species (see text) |
Duellmanohyla is a genus of frogs (mountain brook frogs) in the Hylidae family found in Oaxaca, Mexico, as well as Central America.[1] These are small stream-breeding frogs have bright red, bronze or yellow irises. Their dorsa are uniform pale green, olive, red-brown or lichenose, with green or olive spots on a black background. Several species have pale upper labial and lateral stripes. Some fingers or toes have moderate webbing.
Species
The genus contains eight species:[1]
Binomial name and author | Common name |
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D. chamulae (Duellman, 1961) | Chamula mountain brook frog |
D. ignicolor (Duellman, 1961) | Sierra Juarez brook frog |
D. lythrodes (Savage, 1968) | Savage's brook frog |
D. rufioculis (Taylor, 1952) | Rufous-eyed brook frog |
D. salvavida (McCranie and Wilson, 1986) | Honduran brook frog |
D. schmidtorum (Stuart, 1954) | Schmidt's mountain brook frog |
D. soralia (Wilson and McCranie, 1985) | Copan brook frog |
D. uranochroa (Cope, 1875) | Costa Rica brook frog |
References
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Duellmanohyla Campbell and Smith, 1992". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life at http://www.eol.org Taxon Duellmanohyla
- "Duellmanohyla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm Taxon Duellmanohyla
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