Nyctimantis is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. The genus is found in south-eastern Brazil as well as in the Orinoco Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil.[2][3] 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.
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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: | Nyctimantis Boulenger, 1882 |
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In 2021, based on phylogenetic evidence, the genus was redefined to include most species previously included in genera Aparasphenodon and Argenteohyla, which are now treated as synonyms of Nyctimantis.[1]
Species
editThe following species are recognised in the genus Nyctimantis:[2][4]
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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| Nyctimantis arapapa Pimenta, Napoli & Haddad, 2009 | Bahia's broad-snout casque-headed tree frog |
| Nyctimantis bokermanni Pombal, 1993 | Bokermann's casque-headed frog |
| Nyctimantis brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 | Bruno's casque-headed frog |
| Nyctimantis galeata (Pombal, Menezes, Fontes, Nunes, Rocha, and Van Sluys, 2012) | |
| Nyctimantis pomba Assis, Santana, Silva, Quintela, and Feio, 2013 | |
| Nyctimantis rugiceps Boulenger, 1882 | Brown-eyed treefrog |
| Nyctimantis siemersi (Mertens, 1937) | Red-spotted Argentina frog |
References
edit- ^ a b c Blotto, Boris L.; Lyra, Mariana L.; Cardoso, Monica C.S.; Trefaut Rodrigues, Miguel; R. Dias, Iuri; Marciano‐Jr, Euvaldo; Dal Vechio, Francisco; Orrico, Victor G.D.; Brandão, Reuber A.; Lopes de Assis, Clodoaldo; Lantyer‐Silva, Amanda S.F.; Rutherford, Mike G.; Gagliardi‐Urrutia, Giussepe; Solé, Mirco; Baldo, Diego (February 2021). "The phylogeny of the Casque‐headed Treefrogs (Hylidae: Hylinae: Lophyohylini)". Cladistics. 37 (1): 36–72. doi:10.1111/cla.12409. ISSN 0748-3007. PMID 34478174. S2CID 216184713.
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. 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. 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
edit- 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
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