Tepuihyla
Genus of amphibians
Tepuihyla, commonly known as Amazon tree frogs or Tepui tree frogs, is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae found in mountains of eastern and south-eastern Venezuela and Guyana, and likely in adjacent Brazil.[2] A tepui is a table-top mountain characteristic of the Guiana Highlands.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Tepuihyla:[2]
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Common name
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T. aecii (Ayarzagüena, Señaris, and Gorzula, 1993) |
Monte Duida tree frog
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T. edelcae (Ayarzagüena, Señaris, and Gorzula, 1993) |
Ayarzaguena's tree frog
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T. exophthalma (Smith and Noonan, 2001) |
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T. luteolabris (Ayarzagüena, Señaris, and Gorzula, 1993) |
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T. obscura (Kok, Ratz, Tegelaar, Aubret, and Means, 2015) |
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T. rodriguezi (Rivero, 1968) |
Rodriguez's Amazon tree frog
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T. shushupe (Ron, Venegas, Ortega-Andrade, Gagliardi-Urrutia, and Salerno, 2016) |
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T. tuberculosa (Boulenger, 1882) |
Canelos treefrog
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T. warreni (Duellman and Hoogmoed, 1992) |
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References
- ^ Ayarzagüena, J., J.C. Señaris y S. Gorzula (1992) Un nuevo genero para las especies del "grupo Osteocephalus rodriguezi" (Anura: ylidae). Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle. 52(138): 213-221
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Tepuihyla Ayarzagüena, Señaris, and Gorzula, 1993". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
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