Nyctimantis is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. The genus is found in south-eastern Brazil as well as in the Orinoco Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil.[2][3] These are tree-dwelling species usually hiding in the cisterns of epiphytic bromeliads. The top of the head carries a bony plate which is fused with the skin.

Nyctimantis
Nyctimantis bokermanni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Lophyohylinae
Genus: Nyctimantis
Boulenger, 1882
Species

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Synonyms

In 2021, based on phylogenetic evidence, the genus was redefined to include most species previously included in genera Aparasphenodon and Argenteohyla, which are now treated as synonyms of Nyctimantis.[1]

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Nyctimantis:[2][4]

Binomial Name and Author Common Name
Nyctimantis arapapa Pimenta, Napoli & Haddad, 2009 Bahia's broad-snout casque-headed tree frog
Nyctimantis bokermanni Pombal, 1993 Bokermann's casque-headed frog
Nyctimantis brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 Bruno's casque-headed frog
Nyctimantis galeata (Pombal, Menezes, Fontes, Nunes, Rocha, and Van Sluys, 2012)
Nyctimantis pomba Assis, Santana, Silva, Quintela, and Feio, 2013
Nyctimantis rugiceps Boulenger, 1882 Brown-eyed treefrog
Nyctimantis siemersi (Mertens, 1937) Red-spotted Argentina frog

References

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  1. ^ a b c Blotto, Boris L.; Lyra, Mariana L.; Cardoso, Monica C.S.; Trefaut Rodrigues, Miguel; R. Dias, Iuri; Marciano‐Jr, Euvaldo; Dal Vechio, Francisco; Orrico, Victor G.D.; Brandão, Reuber A.; Lopes de Assis, Clodoaldo; Lantyer‐Silva, Amanda S.F.; Rutherford, Mike G.; Gagliardi‐Urrutia, Giussepe; Solé, Mirco; Baldo, Diego (February 2021). "The phylogeny of the Casque‐headed Treefrogs (Hylidae: Hylinae: Lophyohylini)". Cladistics. 37 (1): 36–72. doi:10.1111/cla.12409. ISSN 0748-3007. PMID 34478174. S2CID 216184713.
  2. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  3. ^ Assis, C. L.; Santana, D. J.; da Silva, F. A.; Quintela, F. M.; Feio, R. N. (25 September 2013). "A new and possibly critically endangered species of casque-headed tree frog Aparasphenodon Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura, Hylidae) from southeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 3716 (4): 583–591. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3716.4.6. PMID 26106793.
  4. ^ "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  • Trueb, L. (1970b): The evolutionary relationships of casque-headed treefrogs with co-ossified skulls (family Hylidae). - Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. 18, pp. [547-716]
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