Pithecopus

Pithecopus
	Pithecopus azureus, the type species
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Subfamily:	Phyllomedusinae
Genus:	Pithecopus; Cope, 1866
Type species
	Phyllomedusa azurea; Cope, 1862
Species
	12 species (see text)
Synonyms[1]
	Bradymedusa Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926;

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]

Etymology

The name of this genus is derived from the Greek pithekodes, which means "ape-like".[3]

Description

Pithecopus are medium-sized frogs measuring about 45 mm (1.8 in) in snout–vent length. Toe I is much longer than toe II, and is opposable to it. No vomerine teeth are present. The tadpoles have a moderately small oral disc that is anteroventrally directed.[3]

Species

There are 12 species in this genus:[1]

Pithecopus araguaius (Haga, Andrade, Bruschi, Recco-Pimentel, and Giaretta, 2017)
Pithecopus ayeaye (Lutz, 1966)
Pithecopus azureus (Cope, 1862)
Pithecopus centralis (Bokermann, 1965)
Pithecopus gonzagai (Andrade, Haga, Ferreira, Recco-Pimentel, Toledo, and Bruschi, 2020)
Pithecopus hypochondrialis (Daudin, 1800)
Pithecopus megacephalus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926)
Pithecopus nordestinus (Caramaschi, 2006)
Pithecopus oreades (Brandão, 2002)
Pithecopus palliatus (Peters, 1873)
Pithecopus rohdei (Mertens, 1926)
Pithecopus rusticus (Bruschi, Lucas, Garcia, and Recco-Pimentel, 2014)

The AmphibiaWeb lists only two species (Pithecopus araguaius and Pithecopus gonzagai), the rest being included in Phyllomedusa.[2]

References

Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Pithecopus Cope, 1866". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
"Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
Duellman, William E.; Marion, Angela B. & Hedges, S. Blair (2016). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae)". Zootaxa. 4104 (1): 1–109. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1. PMID 27394762.
Andrade, Felipe Silva de; Haga, Isabelle Aquemi; Ferreira, Johnny Sousa; Recco-Pimentel, Shirlei Maria; Toledo, Luís Felipe & Bruschi, Daniel Pacheco (2020). "A new cryptic species of Pithecopus (Anura, Phyllomedusidae) in north-eastern Brazil". European Journal of Taxonomy. 723: 108–134. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.723.1147.

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[Frost-1] Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Pithecopus Cope, 1866". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[AmphibiaWeb-2] "Hylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[Duellman_et_al._2016-3] Duellman, William E.; Marion, Angela B. & Hedges, S. Blair (2016). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae)". Zootaxa. 4104 (1): 1–109. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1. PMID 27394762.

[Andrade_et_al._2020-4] Andrade, Felipe Silva de; Haga, Isabelle Aquemi; Ferreira, Johnny Sousa; Recco-Pimentel, Shirlei Maria; Toledo, Luís Felipe & Bruschi, Daniel Pacheco (2020). "A new cryptic species of Pithecopus (Anura, Phyllomedusidae) in north-eastern Brazil". European Journal of Taxonomy. 723: 108–134. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.723.1147.