Myersiohyla

Myersiohyla is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae.[1] It was erected in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae and initially included four species that were previously placed in the genus Hyla.[2] The genus is found in the tepui region of Guyana and Venezuela.[1]

Myersiohyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Tribe: Cophomantini
Genus: Myersiohyla
Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
Type species
Hyla inparquesi
Ayarzagüena and Señaris, 1994 "1993"
Diversity
Six species (see text)

Species

There are six species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Myersiohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. Julián Faivovich; Célio F.B. Haddad; Paulo C.A. Garcia; Darrel R. Frost; Jonathan A. Campbell & Ward C. Wheeler (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. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.470.2967. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/462. S2CID 83925199.

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