Myersiohyla
| Myersiohyla | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Hylinae |
| Genus: | Myersiohyla Faivovich et al., 2005 |
| Type species | |
| Hyla inparquesi Ayarzagüena and Señaris, 1994 "1993" | |
| Diversity | |
| 6 species (see text) | |
Myersiohyla is a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family.[1] This genus was erected in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae family and includes four species that were previously placed in the Hyla genus.[2] They are found in the tepui region of Guyana and Venezuela.[1]
Species
There are six species in this genus:[1]
| Binomial name and author | Common name |
|---|---|
| M. aromatica (Ayarzagüena and Señaris, 1994) | |
| M. chamaeleo Faivovich, McDiarmid & Myers, 2013 | |
| M. inparquesi (Ayarzagüena and Señaris, 1994) | |
| M. loveridgei (Rivero, 1961) | Loveridge's tree frog |
| M. kanaima (Goin and Wodley, 1961) | Kanaima tree frog |
| M. neblinaria Faivovich, McDiarmid & Myers, 2013 | |
References
- 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Myersiohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ↑ Julián Faivovich, Célio F.B. Haddad, Paulo C.A. Garcia, Darrel R. Frost, Jonathan A. Campbell, & Ward C. Wheeler (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 294: 1–240. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2.
Further reading
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