Corythomantis

Corythomantis
Corythomantis greeningi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae
Genus: Corythomantis
Boulenger, 1896
Type species
Corythomantis greeningi
Boulenger, 1896
Diversity
2 species (see text)

Corythomantis is a group of frogs in the family Hylidae. They live in northeastern Brazil. There was only one species in the group until 2012. Then scientists wrote about another species, Corythomantis galeata. Later, that frog was moved to the genus Nyctimantis. These frogs are also called "Greening's frogs."

Species

There are two species in this genus:

Corythomantis galeata is now Nyctimantis galeata.

References

  1. ↑ Marques, R; C.F.B. Haddad; A.A. Garda (2021). "There and back again from monotypy: A new species of the Casque-Headed Corythomantis Boulenger 1896 (Anura, Hylidae) from the Espinhaço Mountain Range, Brazil". Herpetologica (Abstract). 77 (1): 56–71. doi:10.1655/0018-0831-77.1.56. S2CID 232326854. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Corythomantis Boulenger, 1896". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.