Slender-legged tree frogs

Slender-legged tree frogs
Osteocephalus taurinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Osteocephalus Steindachner, 1862
Species
See text.

Osteocephalus (the slender-legged tree frogs) is a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family, and are found in the Guianas, the Amazon Basin, Venezuela, Colombia, southeastern Brazil and northeastern Argentina. Males are warty, while females are smooth.

Species

Binomial name and author	Common name
Osteocephalus buckleyi (Boulenger, 1882)	Buckley's slender-legged tree frog
Osteocephalus cabrerai (Cochran and Goin, 1970)
Osteocephalus carri (Cochran and Goin, 1970)
Osteocephalus deridens Jungfer, Ron, Seipp, and Almendáriz, 2000
Osteocephalus elkejungingerae (Henle, 1981)	Henle's slender-legged tree frog
Osteocephalus exophthalmus Smith and Noonan, 2001
Osteocephalus fuscifacies Jungfer, Ron, Seipp, and Almendáriz, 2000
Osteocephalus heyeri Lynch, 2002
Osteocephalus langsdorfii
Osteocephalus leoniae Jungfer and Lehr, 2001
Osteocephalus leprieurii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)	Cayenne slender-legged tree frog
Osteocephalus mutabor Jungfer and Hödl, 2002
Osteocephalus oophagus Jungfer and Schiesari, 1995
Osteocephalus pearsoni (Gaige, 1929)	Pearson's slender-legged tree frog
Osteocephalus phasmatus MacCulloch and Lathrop, 2005
Osteocephalus planiceps Cope, 1874
Osteocephalus subtilis Martins and Cardoso, 1987	Brazilian slender-legged tree frog
Osteocephalus taurinus Steindachner, 1862	Manaus slender-legged tree frog
Osteocephalus verruciger (Werner, 1901)	Ecuador slender-legged tree frog
Osteocephalus yasuni Ron and Pramuk, 1999

References

• Jungfer, K.-H., Schiesari, L.C. (1995a): Description of a central Amazonian and Guianan tree frog, genus Osteocephalus (Anura, Hylidae), with oophagous tadpoles. - Alytes, Paris 13(1), pp. [1-13]
• Jungfer, K.-H., Ron, S., Seipp, R., Almendáriz, A. (2000): Two new species of hylid frogs, genus Osteocephalus, from Amazonian Ecuador. - Amphibia-Reptilia 21(3), pp. [327-340]
• Jungfer, K.-H., Hödl, W. (2002): A new species of Osteocephalus from Ecuador and a redescription of O. leprieurii (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) (Anura: Hylidae). - Amphibia-Reptilia 23(1), pp. [21-46]

External links

• Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Osteocephalus. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Osteocephalus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
• eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Osteocephalus at http://www.eol.org.
• ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Osteocephalus at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
• GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Osteocephalus at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm