Aparasphenodon

Aparasphenodon is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. The genus is found in southeastern Brazil as well as in the Orinoco Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil.[1][2] These are tree-dwelling species usually hiding in the cisterns of epiphytic bromeliads. The top of the head carries a bony plate which is fused with the skin.

Aparasphenodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Lophyohylinae
Genus: Aparasphenodon
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
Type species
Aparasphenodon brunoi
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
Species

5 species (see text)

Species

The genus is composed of five species:[1][3]

Binomial Name and AuthorCommon Name
Aparasphenodon arapapa Pimenta, Napoli & Haddad, 2009
Aparasphenodon bokermanni Pombal, 1993Bokermann's casque-headed frog
Aparasphenodon brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920Bruno's casque-headed frog
Aparasphenodon pomba Assis, Santana, Silva, Quintela, and Feio, 2013
Aparasphenodon venezolanus (Mertens, 1950)Venezuela casque-headed frog

References
  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  2. Assis, C. L.; Santana, D. J.; da Silva, F. A.; Quintela, F. M.; Feio, R. N. (25 September 2013). "A new and possibly critically endangered species of casque-headed tree frog Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura, Hylidae) from southeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 3716 (4): 583–591. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3716.4.6.
  3. "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  • Trueb, L. (1970b): The evolutionary relationships of casque-headed treefrogs with co-ossified skulls (family Hylidae). - Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. 18, pp. [547-716]


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