Plectrohyla
genus of amphibians
Spikethumb frogs (Plectrohyla) are a genus (group of species) of frogs in the family Hylidae. They live in Central America. They live as far north as southern Mexico through Guatemala and northern El Salvador to central and northern Honduras. The last time scientists reexamined the family Hylidae, they moved 21 species into this genus from Hyla.[1] They are called spikethumb because of the spike on their thumbs. The spike is called a prepollex. The name "Plectrohyla" comes from the Greek word plēktron, which means "spur,"[2] and hyla, the name of the group in which many of its frogs used to be.
| Spikethumb frogs | |
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| Plectrohyla dasypus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Plectrohyla Brocchi, 1877 |
| Species | |
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Species change
The following species are in the genus Plectrohyla:
| Binomial name and author | Common name |
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| Plectrohyla acanthodes (Duellman and Campbell, 1992) | Thorny spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla avia (Stuart, 1952) | Greater spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla calvata (McCranie, 2017) | |
| Plectrohyla chrysopleura (Wilson, McCranie & Cruz-Díaz, 1994) | |
| Plectrohyla dasypus (McCranie & Wilson, 1981) | Honduras spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla exquisita (McCranie & Wilson, 1998) | |
| Plectrohyla glandulosa (Boulenger, 1883) | Forest spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla guatemalensis (Brocchi, 1877) | Guatemala spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla hartwegi (Duellman, 1968) | Hartweg's spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla hazelae (Taylor, 1940) | Hazel's tree frog |
| Plectrohyla ixil (Stuart, 1942) | Ixil spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla lacertosa (Bumzahem & Smith, 1954) | Pop-eyed spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla matudai (Hartweg, 1941) | Matuda's spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla pokomchi (Duellman & Campbell, 1984) | Rio Sananja spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla psiloderma (McCranie & Wilson, 1999) | |
| Plectrohyla pycnochila (Rabb, 1959) | Thick-lipped spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla quecchi (Stuart, 1942) | Las Palmas spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla sagorum (Hartweg, 1941) | Arcane spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla tecunumani (Duellman & Campbell, 1984) | Cave spikethumb frog |
| Plectrohyla teuchestes (Duellman & Campbell, 1992) | Alta Verapaz spikethumb frog |
References change
- ↑ 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. [1] Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Borror, Donald J. (1988). Dictionary of word roots and combining forms : compiled from the Greek, Latin, and other languages, with special reference to biological terms and scientific names (11. print. ed.). Mountain View, Calif.: Mayfield Pub. Co. ISBN 0874840538.
Other websites change
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). 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).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Plectrohyla. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 22, 2008).
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Plectrohyla at http://www.eol.org.
