Phyllomedusidae
Phyllomedusidae is a family of frogs found in the Neotropics commonly called leaf frogs. Alternatively, they are often considered as a subfamily of the family Hylidae, the tree frogs.
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Burmeister's leaf frog (Phyllomedusa burmeisteri) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Clade: | Hyloidea |
Family: | Phyllomedusidae Gunther, 1958 |
Diversity | |
8 genera, 66 species |
Taxonomy
The family Phyllomedusidae contains the following genera:
- Agalychnis (14 species)
- Callimedusa (six species)
- Cruziohyla (three species)
- Hylomantis – rough leaf frogs (two species)
- Phasmahyla – shining leaf frogs (eight species)
- Phrynomedusa – colored leaf frogs (five living species, plus one recently extinct)
- Phyllomedusa (16 species)
- Pithecopus (11 species)
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References
External links
- Amphibian Species of the World
- http://www.tolweb.org/Phyllomedusinae
- http://amphibiaweb.org/lists/Hylidae.shtml
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