Cruziohyla
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| Cruziohyla | |
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| Cruziohyla sylviae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Phyllomedusidae |
| Genus: | Cruziohyla Faivovich et al., 2005[1] |
| Diversity | |
| 3 species (see text) | |
Cruziohyla is a genus of frogs in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. They occur from Honduras in Central America south to the Amazon Basin in South America.[2] This genus was erected in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae and fully reviewed in 2018.[2] Species in this genus were previously placed in the genera Agalychnis or Phyllomedusa.[1]
These frogs are characterized by extensive hand and foot webbing. Their eye has a bicoloured iris. Tadpoles develop in water-filled depressions on fallen trees.[1] The name Cruziohyla honors Brazilian herpetologist Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz.[1]
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