Spikethumb frog
Spikethumb frogs are a genus (Plectrohyla) of frogs in the family Hylidae found in Central America from southern Mexico through Guatemala and northern El Salvador to central and northern Honduras. A major revision of the Hylidae moved an additional 21 species to this genus from the genus Hyla.[1] The additional species moved to Plectrohyla were considered a separate group, and were identified as the Hyla bistincta group, also called the Plectrohyla bistincta group.[2] They are called spikethumb because of the spike on their thumbs, which is called a prepollex. The genus name comes from the Greek word plēktron ("spur")[3] and hyla (the genus in which it was formerly placed).
| Spikethumb frogs | |
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| Plectrohyla dasypus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Hylinae |
| Genus: | Plectrohyla Brocchi, 1877 |
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Species
The following species are recognized in the genus Plectrohyla:
| Binomial name and author | Common name |
|---|---|
| Plectrohyla acanthodes (Duellman and Campbell, 1992) | Thorny spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla avia (Stuart, 1952) | Greater spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla calvata (McCranie, 2017) | |
| Plectrohyla chrysopleura (Wilson, McCranie & Cruz-Díaz, 1994) | |
| Plectrohyla dasypus (McCranie & Wilson, 1981) | Honduras spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla exquisita (McCranie & Wilson, 1998) | |
| Plectrohyla glandulosa (Boulenger, 1883) | Forest spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla guatemalensis (Brocchi, 1877) | Guatemala spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla hartwegi (Duellman, 1968) | Hartweg's spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla hazelae (Taylor, 1940) | Hazel's tree frog |
| Plectrohyla ixil (Stuart, 1942) | Ixil spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla lacertosa (Bumzahem & Smith, 1954) | Pop-eyed spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla matudai (Hartweg, 1941) | Matuda's spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla pokomchi (Duellman & Campbell, 1984) | Rio Sananja spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla psiloderma (McCranie & Wilson, 1999) | |
| Plectrohyla pycnochila (Rabb, 1959) | Thick-lipped spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla quecchi (Stuart, 1942) | Las Palmas spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla sagorum (Hartweg, 1941) | Arcane spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla tecunumani (Duellman & Campbell, 1984) | Cave spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla teuchestes (Duellman & Campbell, 1992) | Alta Verapaz spikethumb frog |
References
- Faivovich, J.; Haddad, C.F.B.; Garcia, P.C.A.; Frost, D.R.; Campbell, J.A.; Wheeler, 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, Num. 294, pp.1-240.
- Faivovich, J.; Haddad, C.F.B.; Garcia, P.C.A.; et al. (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 – via BioOne Complete.
- Borror, Donald J. (1988). Dictionary of word roots and combining forms : compiled from the Greek, Latin, and other languages, with special reference to biological terms and scientific names (11. print. ed.). Mountain View, Calif.: Mayfield Pub. Co. ISBN 0874840538.
External links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). Plectrohyla. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 22, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Plectrohyla. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 22, 2008).
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Plectrohyla at http://www.eol.org.
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