Phyllodytes

Phyllodytes is a genus of frogs. They are called heart-tongued frogs in English. These frogs live in eastern Brazil.[1][2]

Phyllodytes
Phyllodytes luteolus.jpg
Phyllodytes luteolus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae
Genus: Phyllodytes
Wagler, 1830
Type species
Hyla luteola
Species

14, see text.

Synonyms

Amphodus Peters, 1873 "1872"
Lophyohyla Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923

Taxonomy

In 2009, scientists DNA from all the frogs in this group. They decided to split Phyllodytes into Phyllodytes and another group, Phytotriades. This article shows the frog species that are still in Phyllodytes.[3][4] Some scientists think that some of these frogs should be in other groups instead.[4]

Description

These are small frogs. They live in trees. These frogs lay eggs in water in the leaves of bromeliad plants. These plants are epiphytes: they grow on trees instead of putting their roots in the ground. The frogs have large fangs called odontoids.[3][5] Male Phyllodytes do vocalize, in contrast to Phytotriades.[3]

Species

This genus has 14 species in it:[1]

Binomial name and author Common name
Phyllodytes acuminatus Bokermann, 1966 Alagoas heart-tongued frog
Phyllodytes amadoi Vörös, Dias, and Solé, 2017
Phyllodytes brevirostris Peixoto & Cruz, 1988 Alhandra heart-tongued frog
Phyllodytes edelmoi Peixoto, Caramaschi & Freire, 2003
Phyllodytes gyrinaethes Peixoto, Caramaschi & Freire, 2003
Phyllodytes kautskyi Peixoto & Cruz, 1988 Brazilian heart-tongued frog
Phyllodytes luteolus Wied-Neuwied, 1824 yellow heart-tongued frog
Phyllodytes maculosus Cruz, Feio & Cardoso, 2007
Phyllodytes megatympanum Marciano, Lantyer-Silva & Solé, 2017
Phyllodytes melanomystax Caramaschi, da Silva & Britto-Pereira, 1992 Bahia heart-tongued frog
Phyllodytes praeceptor Orrico, Dias, and Marciano, 2018
Phyllodytes punctatus Caramaschi & Peixoto, 2004
Phyllodytes tuberculosus Bokermann, 1966 Maracas heart-tongued frog
Phyllodytes wuchereri Peters, 1873

AmphibiaWeb says Phytotriades auratus is in this genus, but other scientific works do not.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Phyllodytes Wagler, 1830". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. Rivas-Fuenmayor, G. A.; de Freitas S., M. (2015). "Discovery of the critically endangered Golden Tree Frog, Phytotriades auratus (Boulenger, 1917), in eastern Venezuela, with comments on its distribution, conservation, and biogeography". Herpetological Review. 46: 153–157.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jowers, Michael J.; Downie, J. R.; Cohen, B. L. (2008). "The Golden Tree Frog of Trinidad, Phyllodytes auratus (Anura: Hylidae): systematic and conservation status". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 43 (3): 181–188. doi:10.1080/01650520801965490. S2CID 85604118.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Phytotriades Jowers, Downieb, and Cohen, 2009". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  5. Caramaschi, U., O. L. Peixoto, and M. T. Rodrigues (2004). "Revalidation and redescription of Phyllodytes wuchereri (Peters, 1873) (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae)" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 62 (2): 185–191. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2022-08-19.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  6. "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

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