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Tepuihyla

{{Short description|Genus of amphibians}}

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| authority = Ayarzagüena, Señaris & Gorzula, 1993{{aut|Ayarzagüena, J., J.C. Señaris y S. Gorzula}} (1992) Un nuevo genero para las especies del "grupo Osteocephalus rodriguezi" (Anura: ylidae). Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle. 52(138): 213-221

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Tepuihyla, commonly known as Amazon tree frogs or Tepui tree frogs, is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae found in mountains of eastern and south-eastern Venezuela and Guyana, and likely in adjacent Brazil.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Tepuihyla |title=Tepuihyla Ayarzagüena, Señaris, and Gorzula, 1993 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=27 June 2014}} Tepuihyla derives from the words tepui; table-top mountains characteristic of the Guiana Highlands, and Hyla, a wastebasket taxon that used to contain hundreds of species.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Tepuihyla:

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| T. aecii {{small|(Ayarzagüena, Señaris, and Gorzula, 1993)}}

Monte Duida tree frog
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| T. edelcae {{small|(Ayarzagüena, Señaris, and Gorzula, 1993)}}

Ayarzaguena's tree frog
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| T. exophthalma {{small|(Smith and Noonan, 2001)}}

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| T. luteolabris {{small|(Ayarzagüena, Señaris, and Gorzula, 1993)}}

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| T. obscura {{small|(Kok, Ratz, Tegelaar, Aubret, and Means, 2015)}}

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| T. rodriguezi {{small|(Rivero, 1968)}}

Rodriguez's Amazon tree frog
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| T. shushupe {{small|(Ron, Venegas, Ortega-Andrade, Gagliardi-Urrutia, and Salerno, 2016)}}

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| T. tuberculosa {{small|(Boulenger, 1882)}}

Canelos treefrog
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| T. warreni {{small|(Duellman and Hoogmoed, 1992)}}

References

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External links

  • {{aut|AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation.}} [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: [http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_lists_genera_&table=amphib&where-genus=Tepuihyla&where-species= Tepuihyla]. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 25, 2008).
  • {{aut|eol - Encyclopedia of Life}} taxon [https://web.archive.org/web/20081005164228/http://www.eol.org/taxa/16141830 Tepuihyla] at http://www.eol.org.
  • {{aut|ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database}} Taxon [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=661468 Tepuihyla] at https://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 25, 2008).
  • {{aut|GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility}} Taxon [http://data.gbif.org/species/13184391/ Tepuihyla] at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm


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Category:Hylidae

Category:Amphibian genera

Category:Taxa named by Josefa Celsa Señaris

Category:Amphibians of the Tepuis

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