Plectrohyla

Plectrohyla guatemalensis

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: Hylinae
Genus: Plectrohyla
Species (19): P. acanthodes – P. avia – P. calvata – P. chrysopleura – P. dasypus – P. exquisita – P. glandulosa – P. guatemalensis – P. hartwegi – P. ixil – P. lacertosa – P. matudai – P. pokomchi – P. psiloderma – P. pycnochila – P. quecchi – P. sagorum – P. tecunumani – P. teuchestes

Name

Plectrohyla Brocchi, 1877: 92

• Type species: Plectrohyla guatemalensis Brocchi, 1877, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Cauphias Brocchi, 1877: 129

References

Primary references

• Brocchi, P. 1877. Description d’un nouveau genre de phaneroglosse hylaeforme (Plectrohyla guatemalensis). Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. Series 7 1: 92–93.

Additional references

• Duellman, W.E. & Campbell, J.A. 1992. Hylid frogs of the genus Plectrohyla: Systematics and phylogenetic relationships. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 181: 1–32. handle. Reference page. 
• Faivovich, J., Haddad, C.F.B., Garcia, P.C.A., Frost, D.R., Campbell, J.A. & Wheller, W.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. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/462 Reference page. 
• Faivovich, J., Pereyra, M.O., Luna, M.C., Hertz, A., Blotto, B.L., Vásquez-Almazán, C.R., McCranie, J.R., Sánchez, D.A., Baêta, D., Araujo-Vieira, K., Köhler, G., Kubicki, B., Campbell, J.A., Frost, D.R., Wheller, W.C. & Haddad, C.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 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Plectrohyla. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 (20 February 2022). Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001

Vernacular names

English: Spikethumb Frogs

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