Canebrake tree frogs
The canebrake tree frogs comprise the frog genus Aplastodiscus in the family Hylidae, and are found in southern Brazil and Argentina. This genus contained only two species until recently, when a major revision of the Hylidae moved an additional 12 species to this genus from the genus Hyla.
| Canebrake tree frogs | |
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| Aplastodiscus callipygius | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Cophomantinae |
| Genus: | Aplastodiscus Lutz, 1950 |
| Species | |
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16, see text. | |
Species
There are currently 16 described species Aplastodiscus:
- Aplastodiscus albofrenatus (A. Lutz, 1924)
- Aplastodiscus albosignatus (A. Lutz and B. Lutz, 1938)
- Aplastodiscus arildae (Cruz and Peixoto, 1987)
- Aplastodiscus cavicola (Cruz and Peixoto, 1985)
- Aplastodiscus cochranae (Mertens, 1952)
- Aplastodiscus ehrhardti (Müller, 1924)
- Aplastodiscus eugenioi (Carvalho-e-Silva and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2005)
- Aplastodiscus flumineus (Cruz and Peixoto, 1985)
- Aplastodiscus heterophonicus Pinheiro, Pezzuti, Berneck, Lyra, Lima & Leite, 2021[1]
- Aplastodiscus ibirapitanga (Cruz, Pimenta, and Silvano, 2003)
- Aplastodiscus leucopygius (Cruz and Peixoto, 1985)
- Aplastodiscus lutzorum (Berneck, Giaretta, Brandao, Cruz & Haddad, 2017)
- Aplastodiscus musicus (B. Lutz, 1948)
- Aplastodiscus perviridis A. Lutz in B. Lutz, 1950
- Aplastodiscus sibilatus (Cruz, Pimenta, and Silvano, 2003)
- Aplastodiscus weygoldti (Cruz and Peixoto, 1987)
References
- Paulo D. P. Pinheiro, Tiago L. Pezzuti, Bianca v. M. Berneck, Mariana L. Lyra, Raphael C. L. Lima and Felipe S. F. Leite. 2021. A New Cryptic Species of the Aplastodiscus albosignatus Group (Anura: Hylidae). SALAMANDRA. 57(1); 27-43.
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