Pithecopus
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| Pithecopus | |
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| Pithecopus azureus, the type species | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Phyllomedusidae |
| Genus: | Pithecopus Cope, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Phyllomedusa azurea Cope, 1862 | |
| Species | |
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12 species (see text) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pithecopus is a genus of frogs in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae.[2][1] Species of the genus Pithecopus are found in tropical South America east of the Andes, from southern Venezuela to northern Argentina.[1][3][4] Resurrected from the synonymy of Phyllomedusa in 2016, it corresponds to the former Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis group.[1][3] Its sister group is Callimedusa.[3]
The name of this genus is derived from the Greek pithekodes, which means "ape-like".[3]