Pithecopus

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Pithecopus
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Pithecopus azureus , the type species
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Phyllomedusinae
Genus: Pithecopus
Cope, 1866
Type species
Phyllomedusa azurea
Cope, 1862
Species

12 species (see text)

Synonyms [1]

Pithecopus is a genus of frogs in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. [2] [1] Species of the genus Pithecopus are found in tropical South America east of the Andes, from southern Venezuela to northern Argentina. [1] [3] [4] Resurrected from the synonymy of Phyllomedusa in 2016, it corresponds to the former Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis group. [1] [3] Its sister group is Callimedusa . [3]

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Etymology

The name of this genus is derived from the Greek pithekodes, which means "ape-like". [3]

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. [3]

Species

There are 12 species in this genus: [1]

The AmphibiaWeb lists only two species (Pithecopus araguaius and Pithecopus gonzagai), the rest being included in Phyllomedusa. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
  2. 1 2 "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
  4. 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 .