Nesorohyla

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Nesorohyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae
Genus: Nesorohyla
Pinheiro, Kok [fr], Noonan, Means, & Haddad [fr], 2018
Species:
N. kanaima
Binomial name
Nesorohyla kanaima
(Goin [fr] & Woodley, 1969)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla kanaima Goin & Woodley, 1969
  • Myersiohyla kanaima (Goin & Woodley, 1969)
  • Nesorohyla kanaima (Goin & Woodley, 1969)

Nesorohyla is a genus of frogs with exactly one species in it. It is in the family Hylidae. The species is Nesorohyla kanaima,[3] also named the Kanaima treefrog. It lives in Guyana.[1][2][4] Scientists think it could also live in Brazil and Venezuela. It lives in subtropical and tropical forests, both near sea level and in the mountains,[5] and rivers.[6][7]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Nesorohyla kanaima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T55524A120327973. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T55524A120327973.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Nesorohyla kanaima (Goin and Woodley, 1969)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Nesorohyla Pinheiro, Kok, Noonan, Means, and Haddad, 2018". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  4. Cole, C.J.; C.R. Townsend; R.P. Reynolds; R.D. MacCulloch & A. Lathrop (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: Illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 125: 317–620. doi:10.2988/0006-324x-125.4.317.
  5. MacCulloch, R.D.; A. Lathrop (2005). "Hylid frogs from Mount Ayanganna, Guyana: new species, redescriptions and distributional records". Phyllomedusa. 4: 17–37. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v4i1p17-37.
  6. César L. Barrio-Amorós (December 2010), "Distribution, vocalization and taxonomic status of Hypsiboas roraima and H. angelicus (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae)", Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, vol. 51, no. 2, p. 22, ISSN 1807-0205, retrieved January 15, 2018
  7. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Volume 51, Department of Zoology, University of São Paulo, 2011, p. 25, ISSN 0031-1049, retrieved January 15, 2018