Charadrahyla

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Charadrahyla
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Charadrahyla chaneque
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae
Genus: Charadrahyla
Faivovich  [ fr ], Haddad  [ fr ], Garcia  [ fr ], Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler  [ fr ], 2005 [1]
Type species
Hyla taeniopus
Günther, 1901
Species

10 species (see text)

Charadrahyla is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. [2] [3] It is endemic to tropical southern Mexico. [2] The generic name was derived from Greek charadra ("ravine") and Hyla, in reference to the habits of these frogs. [1] Accordingly, common name ravine treefrogs has been coined for the genus. [2]

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Taxonomy and systematics

This genus was erected in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae. [1] It corresponds to the former Hyla taeniopus group as defined by William E. Duellman in 1970. [2] [1] The genus was originally diagnosed using molecular markers; no morphological synapomorphies supporting the new genus could be identified. [1] The sister taxon of Charadrahyla is Megastomatohyla . [4]

Five of the species in this genus were previously placed in the genus Hyla . [1] Two species were later described as new in this genus, [2] and another two were transferred from Exerodonta in 2018 based on molecular data. [4]

Description

Charadrahyla are relatively large, stream-breeding frogs from cloud forests and humid pine-oak forests of central and southern Mexico. [5] In the majority of species males measure 44–81 mm (1.7–3.2 in) and females 60–81 mm (2.4–3.2 in) in snout–vent length, but the former Exerodonta species, Charadrahyla juanitae and Charadrahyla pinorum , are much smaller, with males measuring 28–36 mm (1.1–1.4 in) and females 35–40 mm (1.4–1.6 in). [4] Most species have a brownish dorsum with large blotches (exception is Charadrahyla altipotens ). [5]

Species

As of 2019, there are ten recognized species: [2] [3] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Faivovich, Julián; Haddad, Célio F.B.; Garcia, Paulo C.A.; Frost, Darrel R.; Campbell, Jonathan A. & Wheeler, Ward C. (2005). "Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 294: 1–240. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.470.2967 . doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/462.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Charadrahyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001 . Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Faivovich, Julián; Pereyra, Martín O.; Luna, María Celeste; Hertz, Andreas; Blotto, Boris L.; Vásquez-Almazán, Carlos R.; McCranie, James R.; Sánchez, David A. & Baêta, Délio (2018). "On the monophyly and relationships of several genera of Hylini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae), with comments on recent taxonomic changes in hylids". South American Journal of Herpetology. 13 (1): 1–32. doi:10.2994/sajh-d-17-00115.1. hdl: 11336/94370 . S2CID   90074090.
  5. 1 2 3 Campbell, Jonathan A.; Blancas-Hernández, J. Cristian & Smith, Eric N. (2009). "A new species of stream-breeding treefrog of the genus Charadrahyla (Hylidae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico". Copeia. 2009 (2): 287–295. doi:10.1643/ch-08-143. JSTOR   25512227. S2CID   85084950.
  6. ↑ "A New Species of Charadrahyla (Anura: Hylidae) from the Cloud Forest of western Oaxaca, Mexico". Novataxa. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  7. ↑ Duellman, William E. (1968). "Descriptions of new hylid frogs from Mexico and Central America". University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History. 17: 559–578. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.7138 .
  8. ↑ Mendelson III, Joseph R. & Campbell, Jonathan A. (1999). "The taxonomic status of populations referred to Hyla chaneque in southern Mexico, with the description of a new treefrog from Oaxaca". Journal of Herpetology. 33 (1): 80–86. doi:10.2307/1565545. JSTOR   1565545.
  9. ↑ Günther, Albert C. L. G. (1901). "Hyla tæniopus, sp. n.". Reptilia and Bactrachia. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Vol. Reptilia and Batrachia. pp. 269–270.
  10. ↑ Adler, Kraig & Dennis, David M. (1972). "New tree frogs of the genus Hyla from the cloud forests of western Guerrero, México". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas. 7: 1–8.
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