- Source: Pithecopus
Pithecopus is a genus of frogs in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. Species of the genus Pithecopus are found in tropical South America east of the Andes, from southern Venezuela to northern Argentina. Resurrected from the synonymy of Phyllomedusa in 2016, it corresponds to the former Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis group. Its sister group is Callimedusa.
Etymology
The name of this genus is derived from the Greek pithekodes, which means "ape-like".
Description
Pithecopus are medium-sized frogs measuring about 45 mm (1.8 in) in snout–vent length. Toe I is much longer than toe II, and is opposable to it. No vomerine teeth are present. The tadpoles have a moderately small oral disc that is anteroventrally directed.
Species
There are 12 species in this genus:Pithecopus araguaius (Haga, Andrade, Bruschi, Recco-Pimentel, and Giaretta, 2017)
Pithecopus ayeaye (Lutz, 1966)
Pithecopus azureus (Cope, 1862)
Pithecopus centralis (Bokermann, 1965)
Pithecopus gonzagai (Andrade, Haga, Ferreira, Recco-Pimentel, Toledo, and Bruschi, 2020)
Pithecopus hypochondrialis (Daudin, 1800)
Pithecopus megacephalus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926)
Pithecopus nordestinus (Caramaschi, 2006)
Pithecopus oreades (Brandão, 2002)
Pithecopus palliatus (Peters, 1873)
Pithecopus rohdei (Mertens, 1926)
Pithecopus rusticus (Bruschi, Lucas, Garcia, and Recco-Pimentel, 2014)
The AmphibiaWeb lists only two species (Pithecopus araguaius and Pithecopus gonzagai), the rest being included in Phyllomedusa.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar spesies amfibia yang dideskripsikan pada 2017
- Pithecopus
- Pithecopus hypochondrialis
- Pithecopus araguaius
- Callimedusa tomopterna
- Pithecopus rohdei
- Pithecopus palliatus
- Pithecopus azureus
- Pithecopus oreades
- Pithecopus rusticus
- Pithecopus gonzagai
