Ptychohyla

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]

"Mountain stream frog" redirects here. For the frog native to highland areas of New South Wales, Australia, see Mountain stream tree frog.

Ptychohyla
Ptychohyla salvadorensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae
Genus: Ptychohyla
Taylor, 1944
Species

See text.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Ptychohyla:[1]

Binomial name and authorCommon name
P. dendrophasma (Campbell, Smith, and Acevedo, 2000)phantom treefrog
P. euthysanota (Kellogg, 1928)cloud forest stream frog
P. hypomykter McCranie and Wilson, 1993Copan stream frog
P. legleri (Taylor, 1958)Legler's stream frog
P. leonhardschultzei (Ahl, 1934)Schultze's stream frog
P. macrotympanum (Tanner, 1957)pine forest stream frog
P. salvadorensis (Mertens, 1952)Salvador stream frog
P. zophodes Campbell and Duellman, 2000Gloomy Mountain stream frog
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References
  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ptychohyla Taylor, 1944". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  2. "Ptychohyla Taylor, 1944". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Duellman, W. E. (1960): Synonymy, variation, and distribution of Ptychohyla leonhard-schultzei Ahl. Studies of American hylid frogs. IV - Herpetologica 16: 191–197
  • AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Ptychohyla. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: April 23, 2008).


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