Ptychohyla
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Ptychohyla is a genus of frogs (common names: stream frogs, mountain stream frogs) in the family Hylidae.[1][2] These frogs are found in the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca, and Central America to western Panama.[1]
Ptychohyla has a pale pink iris and nuptial outgrowth in breeding males that differentiates this new species from other Mexican frog groups.[3] This new species usually live in untouched tropical forest. They are known to be vulnerable in modified habitat by humans.[3]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Ptychohyla:[1]
| Binomial name and author | Common name |
|---|---|
| P. dendrophasma (Campbell, Smith, and Acevedo, 2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Phantom treefrog |
| P. euthysanota (Kellogg, 1928)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cloud forest stream frog |
| P. hypomykter (McCranie and Wilson, 1993)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Copan stream frog |
| P. legleri (Taylor, 1958)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Legler's stream frog |
| P. leonhardschultzei (Ahl, 1934)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Schultze's stream frog |
| P. macrotympanum (Tanner, 1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Pine forest stream frog |
| P. salvadorensis (Mertens, 1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Salvador stream frog |
| P. zophodes (Campbell and Duellman, 2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Gloomy Mountain stream frog |
References
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- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Duellman, W. E. (1960): Synonymy, variation, and distribution of Ptychohyla leonhard-schultzei Ahl. Studies of American hylid frogs. IV - Herpetologica 16: 191–197
External links
- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Ptychohyla. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: April 23, 2008).