Biology:Aparasphenodon
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Short description: Genus of amphibians
| Aparasphenodon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Lophyohylinae |
| Genus: | Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Aparasphenodon brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
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| Species | |
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5 species (see text) | |
Aparasphenodon is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. The genus is found in southeastern Brazil as well as in the Orinoco Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil .[1][2] These are tree-dwelling species usually hiding in the cisterns of epiphytic bromeliads. The top of the head carries a bony plate which is fused with the skin.
Species
The genus is composed of five species:[1][3]
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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| Aparasphenodon arapapa Pimenta, Napoli & Haddad, 2009 | |
| Aparasphenodon bokermanni Pombal, 1993 | Bokermann's casque-headed frog |
| Aparasphenodon brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 | Bruno's casque-headed frog |
| Aparasphenodon pomba Assis, Santana, Silva, Quintela, and Feio, 2013 | |
| Aparasphenodon venezolanus (Mertens, 1950) | Venezuela casque-headed frog |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Lophyohylinae/Aparasphenodon. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ↑ Assis, C. L.; Santana, D. J.; da Silva, F. A.; Quintela, F. M.; Feio, R. N. (25 September 2013). "A new and possibly critically endangered species of casque-headed tree frog Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura, Hylidae) from southeastern Brazil". Zootaxa 3716 (4): 583–591. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3716.4.6. PMID 26106793.
- ↑ "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2017. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Hylidae.shtml. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- Trueb, L. (1970b): The evolutionary relationships of casque-headed treefrogs with co-ossified skulls (family Hylidae). - Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. 18, pp. [547-716]
External links
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Aparasphenodon at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Aparasphenodon at https://web.archive.org/web/20160606043808/http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Aparasphenodon at https://web.archive.org/web/20080501142231/http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
Wikidata ☰ Q605005 entry
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