Canebrake tree frogs | |
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Aplastodiscus callipygius | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Tribe: | Cophomantini |
Genus: | Aplastodiscus Lutz, 1950 |
Species | |
16, see text. |
The canebrake tree frogs are a frog genus Aplastodiscus. They are in the family Hylidae. Residing primarily in southeast regions of Brazil near the Atlantic coast.[1] The exception is the Aplastodiscus perviridis which is found mostly in Brazil, but has also been documented being in Argentina, and might reside in Paraguay.[2] The major revision of the Hylidae genus expanded it to include 12 more species originally from Hyla.[3] Before the revision there were only 2 species. There are currently 16 described species with the most recent addition Aplastodiscus heterophonicus being described in 2021.[4]
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