Quilticohyla

genus of amphibians

Quilticohyla is a genus of frogs. It is in the family Hylidae. These frogs live in southern Mexico and eastern Guatemala. All frogs in this genus are endangered or very endangered.[1][2]

Quilticohyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Quilticohyla
Faivovich et al., 2018
Species

Scientists used to have the frogs in this genus in Ptychohyla. They decided to use the new name Quilticohyla in 2018. The name is from the Nahuatl word quiltic, which means "green." Most of the frogs in this genus are green in color. Scienitsts say Quilticohyla is the sister genus to Bromeliohyla.[1]

The genus has 4 species in it:[2]

Binomial name and author Common name
Quilticohyla acrochorda (Campbell and Duellman, 2000) warty mountain stream frog
Quilticohyla erythromma (Taylor, 1937) Guerreran stream frog
Quilticohyla sanctaecrucis (Campbell and Smith, 1992) Chinamococh stream frog
Quilticohyla zoque (Canseco-Márquez, Aguilar-López, Luría-Manzano, Pineda-Arredondo, and Caviedes-Solis, 2017) Zoque treefrog

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 Faivovich, Julián; Pereyra, Martín O.; Luna, María Celeste; Hertz, Andreas; Blotto, Boris L.; Vásquez-Almazán, Carlos R.; McCranie, James R.; Sánchez, David A.; Baêta, Délio; Araujo-Vieira, Katyuscia; Köhler, Gunther; Kubicki, Brian; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Frost, Darrel R.; Wheeler, Ward C. (23 April 2018). "On the Monophyly and Relationships of Several Genera of Hylini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae), with Comments on Recent Taxonomic Changes in Hylids". South American Journal of Herpetology. 13 (1): 1–32. doi:10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00115.1. hdl:11336/94370. ISSN 1808-9798. S2CID 90074090.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Quilticohyla Faivovich, Pereyra, Luna, Hertz, Blotto, Vásquez-Almazán, McCranie, Sánchez, Baêta, Araujo-Vieira, Köhler, Kubicki, Campbell, Frost, Wheeler, and Haddad, 2018 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-11.