- Slender-legged Treefrogs
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Slender-legged Treefrogs 
Osteocephalus taurinus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Hylidae Genus: Osteocephalus
Steindachner, 1862Species See text.
Slender-legged Treefrogs (Osteocephalus) is a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family, and are found in the Guianas, the Amazon Basin, Venezuela, Colombia, southeastern Brazil and northeastern Argentina. Males look warty, while females are smooth.
Species
Binomial Name and Author Common Name Osteocephalus buckleyi (Boulenger, 1882) Buckley's Slender-legged Treefrog Osteocephalus cabrerai (Cochran and Goin, 1970) Osteocephalus carri (Cochran and Goin, 1970) Osteocephalus deridens Jungfer, Ron, Seipp, and Almendáriz, 2000 Osteocephalus elkejungingerae (Henle, 1981) Henle's Slender-legged Treefrog Osteocephalus exophthalmus Smith and Noonan, 2001 Osteocephalus fuscifacies Jungfer, Ron, Seipp, and Almendáriz, 2000 Osteocephalus heyeri Lynch, 2002 Osteocephalus langsdorfii Osteocephalus leoniae Jungfer and Lehr, 2001 Osteocephalus leprieurii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) Cayenne Slender-legged Treefrog Osteocephalus mutabor Jungfer and Hödl, 2002 Osteocephalus oophagus Jungfer and Schiesari, 1995 Osteocephalus pearsoni (Gaige, 1929) Pearson's Slender-legged Treefrog Osteocephalus phasmatus MacCulloch and Lathrop, 2005 Osteocephalus planiceps Cope, 1874 Osteocephalus subtilis Martins and Cardoso, 1987 Brazilian Slender-legged Treefrog Osteocephalus taurinus Steindachner, 1862 Manaus Slender-legged Treefrog Osteocephalus verruciger (Werner, 1901) Ecuador Slender-legged Treefrog Osteocephalus yasuni Ron and Pramuk, 1999 References
- Jungfer, K.-H., Schiesari, L.C. (1995a): Description of a central Amazonian and Guianan tree frog, genus Osteocephalus (Anura, Hylidae), with oophagous tadpoles. - Alytes, Paris 13(1), pp. [1-13]
- Jungfer, K.-H., Ron, S., Seipp, R., Almendáriz, A. (2000): Two new species of hylid frogs, genus Osteocephalus, from Amazonian Ecuador. - Amphibia-Reptilia 21(3), pp. [327-340]
- Jungfer, K.-H., Hödl, W. (2002): A new species of Osteocephalus from Ecuador and a redescription of O. leprieurii (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) (Anura: Hylidae). - Amphibia-Reptilia 23(1), pp. [21-46]
External links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Osteocephalus. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Osteocephalus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Osteocephalus at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Osteocephalus at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Osteocephalus at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
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