Pithecopus
Pithecopus is a genus of frogs in the family Phyllomedusidae.[1][2][3] These frogs live in tropical South America east of the Andes, from southern Venezuela to northern Argentina.[1][2][3]
| Pithecopus | |
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| Pithecopus azureus, the type species | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Phyllomedusidae |
| Genus: | Pithecopus Cope, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Phyllomedusa azurea Cope, 1862
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| Species | |
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12 species (see text) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bradymedusa Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 | |
For a while, scientists thought Pithecopus was another name for the subfamily Phyllomedusa in the family Hylidae.[4] However, in 2016, they changed it to Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis group.[1][2] Its sister group is Callimedusa.[2]
Name
The name of this genus comes from the Greek word pithekodes, which means "ape-like."[2]
Description
Pithecopus frogs are medium-sized, measuring about 4.5 cm (1.8 in) in snout–vent length, which means from nose to rear end. On their feet, Toe I is much longer than toe II, and is opposable to it like a thumb.
These frogs do not have vomerine teeth. The tadpoles have a moderately small oral disc on the bottoms of their bodies, near the front.[2]
Species
There are 12 species in this genus:[1]
- Pithecopus araguaius (Haga, Andrade, Bruschi, Recco-Pimentel, and Giaretta, 2017)
- Pithecopus ayeaye (Lutz, 1966)
- Pithecopus azureus (Cope, 1862)
- Pithecopus centralis (Bokermann, 1965)
- Pithecopus gonzagai (Andrade, Haga, Ferreira, Recco-Pimentel, Toledo, and Bruschi, 2020)
- Pithecopus hypochondrialis (Daudin, 1800)
- Pithecopus megacephalus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926)
- Pithecopus nordestinus (Caramaschi, 2006)
- Pithecopus oreades (Brandão, 2002)
- Pithecopus palliatus (Peters, 1873)
- Pithecopus rohdei (Mertens, 1926)
- Pithecopus rusticus (Bruschi, Lucas, Garcia, and Recco-Pimentel, 2014)
However, AmphibiaWeb lists only some of these species (Pithecopus araguaius, Pithecopus rusticus, and Pithecopus gonzagai). It puts the others in Phyllomedusa.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Frost, Darrel R.. 'Pithecopus Cope, 1866. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 (2020)American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Duellman, William E.. Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae). Zootaxa 4104 (1) (2016). p. 1–109. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Andrade, Felipe Silva de. A new cryptic species of Pithecopus (Anura, Phyllomedusidae) in north-eastern Brazil. European Journal of Taxonomy (723) (2020). p. 108–134. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.723.1147.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hylidae. AmphibiaWeb (2020)University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 16 December 2020.