Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Hylodes Higher classification Cycloramphidae Order Frog | Family Hylodidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Hylodes asper, Hylodes phyllodes | ||
Hylodes asper anura hylodidae foot flagging and vocalizing
Hylodes is a genus of frogs in the Hylodidae family. It might be paraphyletic with respect to Megaelosia. The genus is endemic to southeastern Brazil. They are also known as the tree toads, or more ambiguously, as torrent frogs. They are diurnal and usually inhabit shallow mountain streams.
Contents
Evidence of the visual functions of vocal sacs in hylodes japi male frogs
Species
The 25 species are:
References
Hylodes Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA