Pithecopus

Pithecopus is a genus of frogs in the family Phyllomedusidae,[1][2][3] or alternatively, in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae of Hylidae.[4] The genus is distributed in tropical South America east of the Andes, from southern Venezuela to northern Argentina.[1][2][3] Resurrected from the synonymy of Phyllomedusa in 2016, it corresponds to the former Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis group.[1][2] Its sister group is Callimedusa.[2]

Pithecopus
Pithecopus azureus, the type species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phyllomedusidae
Genus: Pithecopus
Cope, 1866
Type species
Phyllomedusa azurea
Cope, 1862
Species

12 species (see text)

Synonyms[1]

Bradymedusa Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926

Etymology

The name of this genus is derived from the Greek pithekodes, which means "ape-like".[2]

Description

Pithecopus are medium-sized frogs measuring about 45 mm (1.8 in) in snout–vent length. Toe I is much longer than toe II, and is opposable to it. No vomerine teeth are present. The tadpoles have a moderately small oral disc that is anteroventrally directed.[2]

Species

There are 12 species in this genus:[1]

The AmphibiaWeb lists only two species (Pithecopus araguaius and Pithecopus gonzagai), the rest being included in Phyllomedusa.[4]

References
  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Pithecopus Cope, 1866". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  2. Duellman, William E.; Marion, Angela B. & Hedges, S. Blair (2016). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae)". Zootaxa. 4104 (1): 1–109. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1.
  3. Andrade, Felipe Silva de; Haga, Isabelle Aquemi; Ferreira, Johnny Sousa; Recco-Pimentel, Shirlei Maria; Toledo, Luís Felipe & Bruschi, Daniel Pacheco (2020). "A new cryptic species of Pithecopus (Anura, Phyllomedusidae) in north-eastern Brazil". European Journal of Taxonomy. 723: 108–134. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.723.1147.
  4. "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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