Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Familia: Amphignathodontidae
Genus: Flectonotus
Species: F. fissilis – F. fitzgeraldi – F. goeldii – F. ohausi – F. pygmaeus
Name
Flectonotus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
Type species: Nototrema pygmaeum Boettger, 1893
Synonyms
Fritzia Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
Fritziana Mello-Leitão, 1937
Nototheca Bokermann, 1950
References
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 327.
Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 Flectonotus access date 01 May 2008
Vernacular names
English: Brazilian Treefrogs
Flectonotus is a genus of frogs of the family Hemiphractidae.[1][2] They are found on the Andes of northeastern Colombia and adjacent Venezuela as well as in Trinidad and Tobago.[1][3]
Taxonomy
The genus has been considered to include Fritziana, but the latter genus was recognized again in 2011.[1][3] The former Flectonotus consisted of two geographically disjunctive components, one from northern South America (=Flectonotus, as understood today) and the other from southeastern Brazil (now Fritziana).[3] The distinctiveness of these taxa is now well established and based on both molecular, behavioural, and morphological characters.[1][3]
Species
There are two Flectonotus species:[1][2]
Flectonotus fitzgeraldi (Parker, 1934)
Flectonotus pygmaeus (Boettger, 1893)
References
Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Flectonotus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
"Hemiphractidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
Duellman, William E.; Jungfer, Karl-Heinz; Blackburn, David C. (2011). "The phylogenetic relationship of geographically separated "Flectonotus" (Anura: Hemiphractidae), as revealed by molecular, behavioral, and morphological data". Phyllomedusa. 10 (1): 15–29. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v10i1p15-29.
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