Pithecopus
Pithecopus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Phyllomedusidae |
Genus: | Pithecopus Cope, 1866 |
Type species | |
Cope, 1862
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Species | |
12 species (see text) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Bradymedusa Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 |
Pithecopus is a genus of frogs in the family Phyllomedusidae,[1][2][3] or alternatively, in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae of Hylidae.[4] The genus is distributed in tropical South America east of the Andes, from southern Venezuela to northern Argentina.[1][2][3] Resurrected from the synonymy of Phyllomedusa in 2016, it corresponds to the former Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis group.[1][2] Its sister group is Callimedusa.[2]
Etymology[]
The name of this genus is derived from the Greek pithekodes, which means "ape-like".[2]
Description[]
Pithecopus are medium-sized frogs measuring about 45 mm (1.8 in) in snout–vent length. Toe I is much longer than toe II, and is opposable to it. No vomerine teeth are present. The tadpoles have a moderately small oral disc that is anteroventrally directed.[2]
Species[]
There are 12 species in this genus:[1]
- Haga, Andrade, Bruschi, Recco-Pimentel, and Giaretta, 2017
- Pithecopus ayeaye Lutz, 1966
- (Cope, 1862)
- Pithecopus centralis (Bokermann, 1965)
- Andrade, Haga, Ferreira, Recco-Pimentel, Toledo, and Bruschi, 2020
- Pithecopus hypochondrialis (Daudin, 1800)
- Pithecopus megacephalus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926)
- (Caramaschi, 2006)
- Pithecopus oreades (Brandão, 2002)
- Pithecopus palliatus (Peters, 1873)
- Pithecopus rohdei (Mertens, 1926)
- (Bruschi, Lucas, Garcia, and Recco-Pimentel, 2014)
The AmphibiaWeb lists only two species (Pithecopus araguaius and Pithecopus gonzagai), the rest being included in Phyllomedusa.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Pithecopus Cope, 1866". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Duellman, William E.; Marion, Angela B. & Hedges, S. Blair (2016). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae)". Zootaxa. 4104 (1): 1–109. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1. PMID 27394762.
- ^ a b Andrade, Felipe Silva de; Haga, Isabelle Aquemi; Ferreira, Johnny Sousa; Recco-Pimentel, Shirlei Maria; Toledo, Luís Felipe & Bruschi, Daniel Pacheco (2020). "A new cryptic species of Pithecopus (Anura, Phyllomedusidae) in north-eastern Brazil". European Journal of Taxonomy. 723: 108–134. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.723.1147.
- ^ a b "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- Phyllomedusidae
- Pithecopus
- Amphibian genera
- Frogs of South America
- Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope