Isthmohyla

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Isthmohyla
Isthmohyla rivularis

Isthmohyla rivularis

Systematics
Order : Frog (anura)
Subordination : Neobatrachia
without rank: Tree frogs (arboranae)
Family : Tree frogs i. w. S. (Hylidae)
Subfamily : Hylinae
Genre : Isthmohyla
Scientific name
Isthmohyla
Faivovich et al., 2005

Isthmohyla is a genus of the tree frog family(Hylidae). It occurs in Central America on the Isthmus of Panama .

description

The genus Isthmohyla was separated from the genus Hyla in 2005 after molecular biological investigations . It is only differentiated from other genera by various genetic differentiations. So far no morphological synapomorphism of the taxon is known,

Occurrence

The distribution area of ​​the genus Isthmohyla includes Costa Rica and Panama . Only Isthmohyla insolita occurs isolated from the distribution areas of the related species in Honduras .

Systematics

The genus Isthmohyla was founded in 2005 by Faivovich et al. first described . The type species is Isthmohyla pseudopuma , it was originally described as Hyla pseudopuma by Albert Günther in 1901.

All 14 species currently included in the genus Isthmohyla previously belonged to the genus Hyla .

As of August 10, 2019

Isthmohyla melacaena (McCranie & Castañeda, 2006) is currently in the genus Bromeliohyla .

Individual evidence

  1. J. Faivovich, Celio FB Haddad, PC de A. Garcia, Darrel R. Frost, JA Campbell & WC Wheeler: Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: a phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 294. S 1-240, 2005
  2. Darrel R. Frost: Isthmohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005 , Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0, American Museum of Natural History, New York 1998–2019, accessed August 10, 2019

literature

  • Faivovich, J., CFB Haddad, PC d. A. Garcia, DR Frost, JA Campbell, WC Wheeler: Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: a phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2005, 294, pp. 1-240 online

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