Hylidae Rafinesque 1815 ...
Family Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 Hylarinia Rafinesque, 1815:78. Type genus: Hylaria Rafinesque, 1814 (an unjustified emendation of Hyla Laurenti, 1768 [fide Frost 2015]). Definition. Iris horizontally elliptical; arciferal pectoral girdle, eight procoelous presacral vertebrae, separate calcaneum and...
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| Summary: | Family Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 Hylarinia Rafinesque, 1815:78. Type genus: Hylaria Rafinesque, 1814 (an unjustified emendation of Hyla Laurenti, 1768 [fide Frost 2015]). Definition. Iris horizontally elliptical; arciferal pectoral girdle, eight procoelous presacral vertebrae, separate calcaneum and astragalus, intercalary cartilages between terminal and penultimate phalanges, claw-shaped terminal phalanges, SVL from 18 mm in Litoria microbelos to 142 mm in Osteopilus vastus; 2n = 18–34 chromosomes; eggs deposited in water or on vegetation over water; aquatic larvae in all species. Content. Seven subfamilies, 49 genera and 676 species. Distribution. North America from southern Alaska and Hudson Bay southward throughout Mexico and Central America to subtropical Argentina, the Pacific lowlands from Colombia to northwestern Peru, and the Andes southward to Bolivia. The family also occurs in the Greater Antilles and throughout much of temperate Eurasia, Japan, and extreme northern Africa. Etymology. The family ... : Published as part of Duellman, William E., Marion, Angela B. & Hedges, Blair, 2016, Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae), pp. 1-109 in Zootaxa 4104 (1) on pages 8-9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/265809 ... |
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