Dryaderces
| Dryaderces | |
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| Dryaderces inframaculata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Lophyohylinae |
| Genus: | Dryaderces Jungfer et al., 2013[1] |
| Type species | |
Gaige , 1929
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| Species | |
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2 species (see text) | |
Dryaderces is a small genus of
synapomorphies defining the genus are known.[1]
Etymology
The generic name Dryaderces is derived from Ancient Greek dryad (=tree) and aderces (=unseen, invisible), thus meaning "unseen in a tree".[1]
Description
Dryaderces are medium-sized frogs; adult males can grow to 50 mm (2.0 in) and adult females to 68 mm (2.7 in) in snout–vent length. They are pond breeders. Males have only scattered, non-spinous tubercles on the
dorsum (pond-breeding Osteocephalus have heavily tuberculate dorsum, with the tips of the tubercles keratinized). Females have smoother backs. Juvenile coloration resembles adult coloration (different in Osteocephalus).[1][4]
Species
- Dryaderces inframaculata (Boulenger, 1882)
- Dryaderces pearsoni (Gaige, 1929)
Before Dryaderces was erected, these two species were placed in Osteocephalus.[4] There is at least one undescribed species belonging to this genus.[1]
References
- ^ S2CID 84789142.
- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Dryaderces Jungfer, Faivovich, Padial, Castroviejo-Fisher, Lyra, Berneck, Iglesias, Kok, MacCulloch, Rodrigues, Verdade, Torres-Gastello, Chaparro, Valdujo, Reichle, Moravec, Gvoždík, Gagliardi-Urrutia, Ernst, De la Riva, Means, Lima, Señaris, Wheeler, and Haddad, 2013". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ .