Exerodonta
Appearance
Exerodonta | |
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Exerodonta catracha | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Subfamily: | Hylinae |
Genus: | Exerodonta Brocchi, 1879 |
Species | |
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Exerodonta is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. This genus was resurrected in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae [1]. Eleven species previously placed in the genus Hyla were moved to this genus. They are endemic to south-central Mexico.
Species
[edit]Image | Binomial Name and Author | Common Name | Distribution |
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Exerodonta abdivita (Campbell and Duellman, 2000) | Mexico. | ||
Exerodonta bivocata (Duellman and Hoyt, 1961) | Chiapan Highlands tree frog | Mexico. | |
Exerodonta catracha (Porras and Wilson, 1987) | Zacate Blanco tree frog | Honduras. | |
Exerodonta chimalapa (Mendelson and Campbell, 1994) | Mexico. | ||
Exerodonta melanomma (Taylor, 1940) | black-eyed tree frog | Mexico. | |
Exerodonta perkinsi (Campbell and Brodie, 1992) | Perkins' tree frog | Guatemala. | |
Exerodonta smaragdina (Taylor, 1940) | emerald tree frog | Mexico. | |
Exerodonta sumichrasti (Brocchi, 1879) | Sumichrast's tree frog | Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas) | |
Exerodonta xera (Mendelson and Campbell, 1994) | Mexico. |
External links
[edit]- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). Exerodonta. Electronic Database accessible at https://web.archive.org/web/20071024033938/http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 21, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Exerodonta. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 21, 2008).