Atlantihyla

Atlantihyla
Atlantihyla spinipollex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae
Genus: Atlantihyla
Faivovich et al., 2018
Type species
Hyla spinipollex
Species

3 species (see text)

Atlantihyla is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. These frogs live in Honduras and Guatemala in Central America. Scientists named these frogs Atlantihyla because they live on the east side of the narrow piece of land, which is the same side as the Atlantic Ocean. These frogs are named stream frogs in English.

Taxonomy

Scientists made the genus using information about DNA. Julián Faivovich and colleagues looked at the subfamily Hylinae in 2018. They moved two former Ptychohyla species to Atlantihyla and four former Ptychohyla species to Quilticohyla. Atlantihyla is a sister group with Bromeliohyla, Duellmanohyla, and Quilticohyla. A third Atlantihyla species was described in 2020.

Description

These frogs only look alike in one way: They have a white stripe on the sides of their bodies and a ridge on their backs. Adult male frogs are 30–41 mm (1.2–1.6 in) and adult female frogs are 31–46 mm (1.2–1.8 in) long from nose to rear end. The tadpoles have large mouth discs.

Species

There are three species in this genus:

AmphibiaWeb says this genus is monotypic, with Atlantihyla melissa as the only species in it.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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; Araujo-Vieira, Katyuscia; Köhler, Gunther; Kubicki, Brian; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Frost, Darrel R.; Wheeler, Ward C. & Haddad, Célio F.B. (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.
  2. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Atlantihyla Faivovich, Pereyra, Luna, Hertz, Blotto, Vásquez-Almazán, McCranie, Sánchez, Baêta, Araujo-Vieira, Köhler, Kubicki, Campbell, Frost, Wheeler, and Haddad, 2018". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Townsend, Josiah H.; Herrera-B., Luis A.; Hofmann, Erich P.; Luque-Montess, Ileana R.; Ross, Ayla N.; Dudek Jr., Daniel; Krygeris, Catherine; Duchamp, Joseph E. & Wilson, Larry David (2020). "A critically endangered new species of polymorphic stream frog (Anura: Hylidae: Atlantihyla) from the montane rainforest of Refugio de Vida Silvestre Texiguat, Honduras". Vertebrate Zoology. 70 (4): 731–756. doi:10.26049/VZ70-4-2020-12.