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Megastomatohyla
Sign in to saveMegastomatohyla is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. They are endemic to the cloud forests of central Veracruz and Oaxaca, Mexico. All are rare species with restricted distributions. The generic name is derived from Greek mega (="large") and stem of the genitive stomatos (="mouth"), referring to the enlarged oral disc of the tadpoles, juxtaposed with Hyla, the genus in which the four Megastomatohyla species were previously placed. Common name large-mouthed treefrogs has been coined for this genus.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyHylidae
Herpetologie Megastomatohyla is een geslacht van kikkers uit de familie boomkikkers (Hylidae).[1] De groep werd voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door de groep van biologen Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell en Wheeler in 2005. Er zijn vier soorten die voorkomen in delen van Midden-Amerika en endemisch leven in Mexico.[2] Alle soorten zijn bewoners van nevelbossen. Soorten Geslacht Megastomatohyla Soort Megastomatohyla mixe Soort Megastomatohyla mixomaculata Soort Megastomatohyla nubicola Soort Megastomatohyla pellita Referenties ↑ Darrel R. Frost - Amphibian Species of the World: an online reference - Version 6.0 - American Museum of Natural History, Megastomatohyla. ↑ University of California - AmphibiaWeb, Megastomatohyla. Bronnen (en) - Darrel R. Frost - Amphibian Species of the World: an online reference - Version 6.0 - American Museum of Natural History - Megastomatohyla - Website Geconsulteerd 1 januari 2017 (en) - University of California - AmphibiaWeb - Megastomatohyla - Website
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Megastomatohyla is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. They are endemic to the cloud forests of central Veracruz and Oaxaca, Mexico. All are rare species with restricted distributions. The generic name is derived from Greek mega (="large") and stem of the genitive stomatos (="mouth"), referring to the enlarged oral disc of the tadpoles, juxtaposed with Hyla, the genus in which the four Megastomatohyla species were previously placed. Common name large-mouthed treefrogs has been coined for this genus.
==Taxonomy and characteristics== Megastomatohyla was erected in 2005 as a part of a major revision of the Hylidae and corresponds to the former "Hyla mixomaculata group". The delineation was based on molecular data. The only tentative morphological synapomorphy of the genus is the greatly enlarged oral disc of the tadpoles, which has 7–10 anterior rows and 10–11 posterior rows—in those species where this trait is known.
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