Heart-tongued Frogs

Taxobox
name = Heart-tongued Frogs
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Hylidae
subfamilia = Hylinae
genus = "Phyllodytes"
genus_authority = Brocchi, 1877
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

Heart-tongued Frogs ("Phyllodytes") is a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family, found in eastern Brazil and Trinidad. These are small arboreal frogs which live and breed exclusively on epiphytic bromeliad plants. They have serrated teeth and sharp fangs on their jaws.

pecies

This genus includes 12 species:

References

* (2004): Revalidation and redescription of Phyllodytes wuchereri (Peters, 1873) (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae) - "Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro" 62(2), pp. 185-191

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=Phyllodytes&commname=&authority=&year=&geo=0&dist=&comment= "Phyllodytes"] . Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 25, 2008).
* [web application] . 2008. Berkeley, California: [http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_lists_genera_&table=amphib&where-genus=Phyllodytes&where-species= "Phyllodytes"] . AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 25, 2008).
* taxon [http://www.eol.org/taxa/16141736 "Phyllodytes"] at http://www.eol.org.
* Taxon [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=550204 "Phyllodytes"] at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 25, 2008).
* Taxon [http://data.gbif.org/species/13184297/ "Phyllodytes"] at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm