Scarthyla

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| image = Scarthyla-vigilans-Photo-J-Murphy.png

| image_caption = Scarthyla vigilans

| taxon = Scarthyla

| authority = {{interlanguage link|William Edward Duellman|fr|lt=Duellman}} and de Sá, 1988

| type_species = Scarthyla ostinodactyla

| type_species_authority = Duellman and de Sá, 1988

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 2 species (see text)

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Scarthyla is a genus of tree frogs, the family Hylidae. They are found in the upper Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil and northward through Colombia and Venezuela to the Caribbean lowlands. They are sometimes known as Madre de Dios treefrogs and South American aquatic treefrogs. They are semiaquatic.

Species

The genus contains two species:

Scarthyla goinorum — Tarauaca snouted treefrog, Madre de Dios treefrog
Scarthyla vigilans — Maracaibo Basin treefrog

References

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{{cite web |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/lists/Hylidae.shtml |title=Hylidae |year=2020 |work=AmphibiaWeb |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=17 December 2020}}

{{cite journal|last1=Duellman |first1=William E. |last2=Marion |first2=Angela B. |last3=Hedges |first3=S. Blair |name-list-style=amp |title=Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae) |journal=Zootaxa |date=2016 |volume=4104 |issue=1 |pages=1–109 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1|pmid=27394762 }}

{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Pseudinae/Scarthyla |title=Scarthyla Duellman and de Sá, 1988 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2020 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |doi=10.5531/db.vz.0001 |access-date=17 December 2020}}

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Category:Amphibians of South America

Category:Amphibian genera

Category:Taxa named by William Edward Duellman

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot