Biology:Hylodidae
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Short description: Family of amphibians
| Hylodidae | |
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| Hylodes meridionalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Superfamily: | Hyloidea |
| Family: | Hylodidae Günther, 1858 |
| Type genus | |
| Hylodes Fitzinger, 1826
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Hylodidae, commonly known as giant Neotropical torrent frogs, is a family of frogs native to Brazil and northern Argentina .[1][2][3] Phylogenetic evidence suggests the Hylodidae being the sister group to the Alsodidae.[4]
Megaelosia goeldii is one species that lost the ability to produce vocalizations which in turn is denoted as mute. Through observation of aggressive interactions, it was found that the species' vocal sacs are used for one form of its visual signaling and communication. [5]
Diversity
The family contains 48 species in four genera:[1][2]
- Crossodactylus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1841 (13 species)
- Hylodes Fitzinger, 1826 (26 species)
- Megaelosia Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923 (one species)
- Phantasmarana Vittorazzi, Augusto-Alves, Neves-da-Silva, Carvalho-e-Silva, Recco-Pimentel, Toledo, Lourenço & Bruschi, 2021 (eight species)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Hylodidae Günther, 1858". 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. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ↑ Blackburn, D.C.; Wake, D.B. (2011). "Class Amphibia Gray, 1825. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa 3148: 39–55. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.8. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p055.pdf.
- ↑ "Hylodidae Günther, 1858 | Amphibian Species of the World". https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylodidae.
- ↑ Augusto-Alves, Guilherme; Dena, Simone A.; Toledo, Luís F. (2018). "Visual communication and aggressive behaviour in a giant mute torrent-frog, Megaelosia apuana (Anura; Hylodidae)". Amphibia-Reptilia 39 (2): 260–264. doi:10.1163/15685381-20181000. ISSN 0173-5373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685381-20181000.
Wikidata ☰ Q379092 entry
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