Griffin frogs
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The griffin frogs (Phyllomedusidae), also called Makifrogs (i. W. S.), are a family of the frogs . They occur in Central and South America between Mexico in the north and Argentina in the south and are strongly adapted to a climbing way of life in vegetation, especially in tree tops. This allows you to place the first finger and the first (inner) toe opposite the other limbs and use your hands and feet to grasp.
They are often particularly long-limbed, very thin-looking tree frogs with sometimes conspicuously large adhesive discs on the ends of the limbs and brightly colored on the flanks. Unlike other tree frogs, their eyes have vertically slit pupils. Some species lay their spawn on plants, from where the hatching tadpoles fall into the water.
Systematics
There are currently eight genera with over 60 species in the family . The most species-rich genus are the Maki frogs (i. E. S.) ( Phyllomedusa ) with 16 species.
As of June 2, 2017
- Genus Agalychnis Cope, 1864 - Red- eyed tree frogs (e.g .: red- eyed tree frog )
- Genus Callimedusa Duellman, Marion & Hedges, 2016 (separated from the genus Phyllomedusa )
- Genus Cruziohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005
- Genus Hylomantis Peters, 1873
- Genus Phasmahyla Cruz, 1991
- Genus Phrynomedusa Miranda-Ribeiro, 1923
- Genus Phyllomedusa Wagler, 1830 - Makifrogs (i. E. S.)
- Genus Pithecopus Cope, 1866
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Web links
- Darrel R. Frost: Phyllomedusidae In: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA, 1998–2017