Aparasphenodon

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Hylinae
Tribus Lophiohylini
Genus: Aparasphenodon
Species: A. bokermanni - A. brunoi - A. venezolanus

Name

Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920

Type species: Aparasphenodon brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920

References

* Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 87.
* Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Aparasphenodon access date 25 Apr. 2008

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Casque-headed Frogs

Aparasphenodon is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. The genus is found in southeastern Brazil as well as in the Orinoco Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil.[1][2] These are tree-dwelling species usually hiding in the cisterns of epiphytic bromeliads. The top of the head carries a bony plate which is fused with the skin.
Species

The genus is composed of five species:[1][3]

Binomial Name and Author	Common Name
Aparasphenodon arapapa Pimenta, Napoli & Haddad, 2009
Aparasphenodon bokermanni Pombal, 1993	Bokermann's casque-headed frog
Aparasphenodon brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920	Bruno's casque-headed frog
Aparasphenodon pomba Assis, Santana, Silva, Quintela, and Feio, 2013
Aparasphenodon venezolanus (Mertens, 1950)	Venezuela casque-headed frog

References

Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
Assis, C. L.; Santana, D. J.; da Silva, F. A.; Quintela, F. M.; Feio, R. N. (25 September 2013). "A new and possibly critically endangered species of casque-headed tree frog Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura, Hylidae) from southeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 3716 (4): 583–591. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3716.4.6.

"Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.

Trueb, L. (1970b): The evolutionary relationships of casque-headed treefrogs with co-ossified skulls (family Hylidae). - Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. 18, pp. [547-716]

External links

eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Aparasphenodon at http://www.eol.org.
ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Aparasphenodon at https://web.archive.org/web/20160606043808/http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Aparasphenodon at https://web.archive.org/web/20080501142231/http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm