Biology:Hylodes
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Short description: Genus of amphibians
| Hylodes | |
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| Hylodes meridionalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylodidae |
| Genus: | Hylodes Fitzinger, 1826 |
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Hylodes is a genus of frogs in the family Hylodidae.[1][2] The genus may be paraphyletic with respect to Megaelosia. The genus Hylodes is endemic to southeastern Brazil . Member species are also known commonly as the tree toads, or more ambiguously, as torrent frogs.[1] They are diurnal and usually inhabit shallow mountain streams.[3]
Species
The following species are recognised as being valid in the genus Hylodes:[1][2]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Hylodes.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Hylodes Fitzinger, 1826". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylodidae/Hylodes.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Hylodidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Hylodidae.shtml.
- ↑ Fatorelli, P.; Pereira, E. G.; Almeida-Gomes, M.; Rocha, C. F. D. (2015). "Population dynamics of Hylodes uai tadpoles (Anura, Hylodidae) in a tropical forest stream, southeastern Brazil". Journal of Herpetology 49: 23–27. doi:10.1670/12-192.
Wikidata ☰ Q2186357 entry
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