Trachycephalus

Casque-headed tree frogs
Trachycephalus resinifictrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae
Genus: Trachycephalus
Tschudi, 1838
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Phrynohyas Fitzinger, 1843

Trachycephalus is a genus of frogs, the casque-headed tree frogs, in the Hylidae family. They are found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. In a recent revision, the seven species of the genus Phrynohyas were included in this genus, and Phrynohyas is now considered a synonym of Trachycephalus.[1] These frogs inhabit the canopies of tropical rainforests, where they breed in tree cavities, and seldom, if ever, descend to the ground.

Species

Binomial name and author Common name
T. atlas Bokermann, 1966 Bokermann's casque-headed tree frog
T. coriaceus (Peters, 1867) Surinam golden-eyed tree frog
T. dibernardoi Kwet and Solé, 2008
T. hadroceps (Duellman and Hoogmoed, 1992) New River tree frog
T. imitatrix (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926) Rio golden-eyed tree frog
T. jordani (Stejneger and Test, 1891) Jordan's casque-headed tree frog
T. lepidus (Pombal, Haddad, and Cruz, 2003)
T. mambaiensis Cintra, Silva, Silva, Garcia and Zaher, 2009
T. mesophaeus (Hensel, 1867) Porto Alegre golden-eyed tree frog
T. nigromaculatus Tschudi, 1838 black-spotted casque-headed tree frog
T. resinifictrix (Goeldi, 1907) Mission golden-eyed tree frog or Amazon milk frog
T. venulosus (Laurenti, 1768) veined tree frog

References

  1. Faivovich, J.; Haddad, C.F.B.; Garcia, P.C.A.; Frost, D.R.; Campbell, J.A.; Wheeler, W.C., 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, Num. 294, pp.1-240. .

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