Biology:Bromeliohyla

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Short description: Genus of amphibians

Bromeliohyla
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae
Genus: Bromeliohyla
Type species
Hyla bromeliacia
Schmidt, 1933
Species

3 species (see text)

Bromeliohyla, sometimes known as the bromeliad treefrogs, is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae.[1][2] This genus was erected in 2022 following a major revision of the Hylidae. The original two species in this genus were previously placed in the genus Hyla.[3] They are found in tropical southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and northern Honduras.[1]

Species

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

Binomial name and author Common name
Bromeliohyla bromeliacia (Schmidt, 1933) Bromeliad tree frog
Bromeliohyla dendroscarta (Taylor, 1940) Greater bromeliad tree frog
Bromeliohyla melacaena (McCranie and Castañeda, 2006)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Bromeliohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005". 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/Hylidae/Hylinae/Bromeliohyla. Retrieved 2 November 2019. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Hylidae.shtml. Retrieved 2 November 2019. 
  3. 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:SROTFF2.0.CO;2]. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/462. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1839986 entry