Nesorohyla

Nesorohyla is a genus of frogs with exactly one species in it. It is in the family Hylidae. The species is Nesorohyla kanaima,[3] also named the Kanaima treefrog. It lives in Guyana.[1][2][4] Scientists think it could also live in Brazil and Venezuela. It lives in subtropical and tropical forests, both near sea level and in the mountains,[5] and rivers.[6][7]

Nesorohyla
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae
Genus: Nesorohyla
Pinheiro, Kok [fr], Noonan, Means, & Haddad [fr], 2018
Species:
N. kanaima
Binomial name
Nesorohyla kanaima
(Goin [fr] & Woodley, 1969)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla kanaima Goin & Woodley, 1969
  • Myersiohyla kanaima (Goin & Woodley, 1969)
  • Nesorohyla kanaima (Goin & Woodley, 1969)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 'Nesorohyla kanaima'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019 (2019)IUCN. p. e.T55524A120327973. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T55524A120327973.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R.. 'Nesorohyla kanaima (Goin and Woodley, 1969). Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 (2019)American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. Frost, Darrel R.. 'Nesorohyla Pinheiro, Kok, Noonan, Means, and Haddad, 2018. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 (2019)American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  4. Cole, C.J.. Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: Illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125 (2013). p. 317–620. doi:10.2988/0006-324x-125.4.317.
  5. MacCulloch, R.D.. Hylid frogs from Mount Ayanganna, Guyana: new species, redescriptions and distributional records. Phyllomedusa 4 (2005). p. 17–37. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v4i1p17-37.
  6. César L. Barrio-Amorós. Distribution, vocalization and taxonomic status of Hypsiboas roraima and H. angelicus (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 51 (2). p. 22. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  7. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Volume 51Department of Zoology, University of São Paulo. p. 25. Retrieved January 15, 2018.