Phyllodytes

Phyllodytes
Phyllodytes luteolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae
Genus: Phyllodytes
Wagler, 1830
Type species
Hyla luteola
Wied-Neuwied, 1824
Species

11, see text.

Synonyms

Amphodus Peters, 1873 "1872"
Lophyohyla Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923

Phyllodytes is a genus of frogs (heart-tongued frogs) in the Hylidae family. It is endemic to eastern Brazil.[1]

Taxonomy

Based on genetic evidence, genus Phytotriades was erected in 2009 to remedy polyphyly of Phyllodytes as then defined.[2][3] It remains to be elucidated which Phyllodytes species, apart from Phytotriades (=Phyllodytes) auratus, the type species of the genus Phytotriades, might belong to Phytotriades instead of Phyllodytes.[3] With Phytotriades auratus from Trinidad and Venezuela placed in its own genus, the remaining Phyllodytes species are all endemic to Brazil.[1][4]

Description

These are small arboreal frogs which live and breed exclusively on epiphytic bromeliad plants. They have large odontoids ("fangs") on the dentaries.[2][5] Male Phyllodytes do vocalize, in contrast to Phytotriades.[2]

Species

This genus includes 11 species:[1]

Binomial name and author Common name
Phyllodytes acuminatus Bokermann, 1966 Alagoas heart-tongued frog
Phyllodytes brevirostris Peixoto & Cruz, 1988 Alhandra heart-tongued frog
Phyllodytes edelmoi Peixoto, Caramaschi & Freire, 2003
Phyllodytes gyrinaethes Peixoto, Caramaschi & Freire, 2003
Phyllodytes kautskyi Peixoto & Cruz, 1988 Brazilian heart-tongued frog
Phyllodytes luteolus (Wied-Neuwied, 1824) yellow heart-tongued frog
Phyllodytes maculosus Cruz, Feio & Cardoso, 2007
Phyllodytes melanomystax Caramaschi, da Silva & Britto-Pereira, 1992 Bahia heart-tongued frog
Phyllodytes punctatus Caramaschi & Peixoto, 2004
Phyllodytes tuberculosus Bokermann, 1966 Maracas heart-tongued frog
Phyllodytes wuchereri (Peters, 1873)

AmphibiaWeb continues to include Phytotriades auratus in this genus.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Phyllodytes Wagler, 1830". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Jowers, Michael J.; Downie, J. R.; Cohen, B. L. (2008). "The Golden Tree Frog of Trinidad, Phyllodytes auratus (Anura: Hylidae): systematic and conservation status". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 43 (3): 181–188. doi:10.1080/01650520801965490.
  3. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Phytotriades Jowers, Downieb, and Cohen, 2009". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  4. Rivas-Fuenmayor, G. A.; de Freitas S., M. (2015). "Discovery of the critically endangered Golden Tree Frog, Phytotriades auratus (Boulenger, 1917), in eastern Venezuela, with comments on its distribution, conservation, and biogeography". Herpetological Review 46: 153–157.
  5. Caramaschi, U., O. L. Peixoto, and M. T. Rodrigues (2004). "Revalidation and redescription of Phyllodytes wuchereri (Peters, 1873) (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae)" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 62 (2): 185–191.
  6. "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

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