Spikethumb Frogs

Taxobox
name = Spikethumb Frogs
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Hylidae
genus = "Plectrohyla"
genus_authority = Brocchi, 1877
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

Spikethumb Frogs ("Plectrohyla") are a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family, and are found in Central America from southern Mexico through Guatemala, northern El Salvador to central and northern Honduras. A major revision of the Hylidae family moved an additional 21 species to this genus from the "Hyla" genus [aut|Faivovich, J.; Haddad, C.F.B.; Garcia, P.C.A.; Frost, D.R.; Campbell, J.A.; Wheeler, W.C., 2005: Systematic Review of the Frog Family Hylidae, with Special Reference to Hylinae: Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomic Revision. "Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History", Num. 294, pp.1-240. [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/462/1/B294.pdf] ] .

pecies

42 species are recognized in this genus:

References

External links

*. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). [http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/names.php?taxon=&family=&subfamily=&genus=Plectrohyla&commname=&authority=&year=&geo=0&dist=&comment= "Plectrohyla"] . Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 22, 2008).
* [web application] . 2008. Berkeley, California: [http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_lists_genera_&table=amphib&where-genus=Plectrohyla&where-species= "Plectrohyla"] . AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 22, 2008).
* taxon [http://www.eol.org/search?q=Plectrohyla&search_
] at http://www.eol.org.