Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus
| South American lime treefrog | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaenorhynchus |
| Species: | S. platycephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus (Werner, 1894) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Hylopsis platycephalus Werner, 1894 | |
Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus, the South American lime treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. This species is only known from the unspecific type locality "Süd-Amerika" (South America); it cannot be related to any known population of frogs in the wild.[1][2]
Systematics
This species was originally described by Franz Werner in 1894 based on a specimen with no other collection information than its origin, "S. Amerika". In 1981 John D.Lynch designated a neotype for the species, erroneously believing that the holotype (the only known specimen, in the collections of the Institut für Zoologie der Universität Wien) was lost. However, the neotype specimen was not a hylid but a centrolenid, later described as a distinct species, Centrolenella savagei (now synonym of Ikakogi tayrona[3]).[2][4]
Description
The holotype is a female, in poor condition of preservation. It measures 33 mm (1.3 in) in snout–vent length. The body is robust and the snout is rounded. The fingers are one-third and the toes four-fifths webbed. It is clearly distinct from other Sphaenorhynchus species.[4]
Habitat and ecology
Presumably, Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus is a largely aquatic frog.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Cox, N.; Stuart, S.N. (2004). "Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T56020A11410988. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus (Werner, 1894)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Ikakogi tayrona (Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- 1 2 Harding, Keith A. (1991). "The taxonomic status of Hylopsis platycephalus Werner, 1894 and Centrolenella Noble, 1920 (Amphibia: Anura)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 103 (4): 413–418. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1991.tb00911.x.