Biology:Scarthyla

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Short description: Genus of frogs


Scarthyla
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Scarthyla vigilans
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Tribe: Dendropsophini
Genus: Scarthyla
Type species
Scarthyla ostinodactyla
Duellman and de Sá, 1988
Species

2 species (see text)

Scarthyla is a genus of tree frogs, the family Hylidae.[1][2][3] They are found in the upper Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil and northward through Colombia and Venezuela to the Caribbean lowlands. They are sometimes known as Madre de Dios treefrogs and South American aquatic treefrogs.[1] They are semiaquatic.[3]

Species

The genus contains two species:[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Scarthyla Duellman and de Sá, 1988". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Pseudinae/Scarthyla. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2020. https://amphibiaweb.org/lists/Hylidae.shtml. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Duellman, William E.; Marion, Angela B.; Hedges, S. Blair (2016). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae)". Zootaxa 4104 (1): 1–109. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1. PMID 27394762. 

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