Megastomatohyla
Megastomatohyla is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. They are endemic to the cloud forest of central Veracruz and Oaxaca, Mexico.[2]
| Megastomatohyla | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Hylinae |
| Genus: | Megastomatohyla Faivovich et al., 2005[1] |
| Species | |
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4 species (see text) | |
This genus was erected in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae. The four species in this genus were previously placed in the genus Hyla.[1]
Species
The genus contains four recognized species:[2][3]
| Binomial name and author | Common name |
|---|---|
| M. mixe (Duellman, 1965) | Mixe tree frog |
| M. mixomaculata (Taylor, 1950) | variegated tree frog |
| M. nubicola (Duellman, 1964) | cloud forest tree frog |
| M. pellita (Duellman, 1968) | Oaxacan yellow tree frog |
References
- Faivovich, Julián; Haddad, Célio F.B.; Garcia, Paulo C.A.; Frost, Darrel R.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Wheeler, Ward 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. 294: 1–240. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/462.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Megastomatohyla 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 8 October 2017.
- "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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