Tepuihyla exophthalma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Lophyohylinae
Genus: Tepuihyla
Species: Tepuihyla exophthalma

Name

Tepuihyla exophthalma (Smith & Noonan, 2001)

• Holotype: UG-CSBD HA-722, adult ♂.
• Type locality: “ca 30 km SE Imbaimadai, Mazaruni-Potaro District, Guayana, ca. 585 m . . . approximately 5°37'30"N, 60°14'42"W.”

Combinations

• Osteocephalus exophthalmus Smith & Noonan, 2001: 349 [original combination]
• Tepuihyla exophthalma — Jungfer et al., 2013: 357 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Osteocephalus phasmatus MacCulloch & Lathrop, 2005: 18 [synonymized by Jungfer et al. (2013: 368)]
  • Holotype: ROM 39481, adult ♀.
  • Type locality: “northeast plateau of Mount Ayanganna, Guyana, (05°24′ N, 59°57′ W) elevation 1490-1550 m”.

References

Primary references

• Smith, E.N. & Noonan, B.P. 2001. A new species of Osteocephalus (Anura, Hylidae) from Guyana. Revista de Biología Tropical 49(1): 347–357. Reference page. 
• MacCulloch, R.D. & Lathrop, A. 2005. Hylid frogs from Mount Ayanganna, Guyana: new species, redescriptions, and distributional records. Phyllomedusa 4(1): 17–37.
• Jungfer, K.-H., Faivovich, J., Padial, J.M., Castroviejo-Fisher, S., Lyra, M.L., Berneck, B.V.M., Iglesias, P.P., Kok, P.J.R., MacCulloch, R.D., Rodrigues, M.T., Verdade, V.K., Torres-Gastello, C.P., Chaparro, J.C., Valdujo, P.H., Reichle, S., Moravec, J., Gvoždík, V., Gagliardi-Urrutia, G., Ernst, R., De la Riva, I., Means, D.B., Lima, A.P., Señaris, J.C., Wheeler, W.C., & Haddad, C.F.B. 2013. Systematics of spiny-backed treefrogs (Hylidae: Osteocephalus): an Amazonian puzzle. Zoologica Scripta 42(4): 351–380. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12015 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Tepuihyla exophthalma . Accessed on 25 Apr 2008.
• Reynolds, R., Hoogmoed, M., MacCulloch, R. & Gaucher, P. 2004. IUCN: Tepuihyla exophthalma  (Data Deficient) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T55793A11357463. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55793A11357463.en

Vernacular names

English: Big-eye Slender-legged Treefrog