Bromeliohyla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Subfamily: | Hylinae |
Genus: | Bromeliohyla Faivovich , Haddad , Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler , 2005[1] |
Type species | |
Hyla bromeliacia Schmidt, 1933
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Species | |
3 species (see text) |
Bromeliohyla, the bromeliad tree frogs, is a group of frogs in the family Hylidae.[2][3] Scientists made this genus in 2005 when they looked at all the Hylidae frogs again. The first two species they put in this genus had been in Hyla.[1] They are found in tropical southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and northern Honduras.[2]
There are three species in this genus:[2][3]
Binomial name and author | Common name |
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Bromeliohyla bromeliacia (Schmidt, 1933) | Bromeliad tree frog |
Bromeliohyla dendroscarta (Taylor, 1940) | Greater bromeliad tree frog |
Bromeliohyla melacaena (McCranie and Castañeda, 2006) |