Hyloxalus

Hyloxalus
Hyloxalus
Hyloxalus subpunctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Neobatrachia
Family: Dendrobatidae
Subfamily: Hyloxalinae
Grant et al., 2006
Genus: Hyloxalus
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Cryptophyllobates

Hyloxalus (formerly Cryptophyllobates) is a genus of poison dart frogs.[1][2][3][4] The genus is distributed in Central and South America, from Panama south to Peru (along the Pacific coast), along with Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. Species also inhabit the eastern foothills of the Andes in Bolivia to Venezuela, east to the upper Amazon Basin. Many Hyloxalus species, such as the cream-back, bear superficial resemblances to hylids, such as the presence of small webs between their toes, and the fact that the discs at the end of their toes are slightly adhesive. This may be one of the oldest of dendrobatid genera; if this is the case, the genus has changed little since it first evolved.

Species

Notes

  1. ^ Emmet Reid Dunn. 1957. Neotropical frog genera: Prostherapis versus Hyloxalus, with remarks on Phyllobates. Copeia. 1957(2) :77-78.
  2. ^ http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5803/1/B299.pdf
  3. ^ http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=7226
  4. ^ http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id303716/

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