''Cruziohyla'' is a genus of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

s in the subfamily

Phyllomedusinae Phyllomedusinae is a subfamily of hylid tree frogs found in the Neotropics commonly called leaf frogs. Formerly, they were often considered as their own family, Phyllomedusidae. The subfamily is considered to be the sister group to the Austr ...

. They occur from Nicaragua and Honduras in Central America south to the

Amazon Basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivi ...

in South America. This genus was erected in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae and fully reviewed in 2018. Species in this genus were previously placed in the genera ''

Agalychnis ''Agalychnis'' is a genus of tree frog A tree frog (or treefrog) is any species of frog that spends a major portion of its lifespan in trees, known as an arboreal state. Several lineages of frogs among the Neobatrachia have given rise to tree ...

'' or ''

Phyllomedusa ''Phyllomedusa'' is a genus of tree frogs in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae found in tropical and subtropical South America (south to northern Argentina) and Panama. It has 16 recognised species. Taxonomy The following species are recognised i ...

''. These frogs are characterized by extensive hand and foot webbing. Their eye has a bicoloured iris.

Tadpole A tadpole is the larval stage in the biological life cycle of an amphibian. Most tadpoles are fully aquatic, though some species of amphibians have tadpoles that are terrestrial. Tadpoles have some fish-like features that may not be found i ...

s develop in water-filled depressions on fallen trees. The name ''Cruziohyla'' honors Brazilian herpetologist Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz.

Species

There are three ''Cruziohyla'' species: * ''

Cruziohyla calcarifer ''Cruziohyla calcarifer'', the splendid leaf frog or splendid treefrog, is a species of tree frog of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae described in 1902 by George Albert Boulenger. It has a distribution from Esmeraldas Province in northwestern Ecuad ...

'' (Boulenger, 1902) — splendid leaf frog * ''

Cruziohyla craspedopus ''Cruziohyla craspedopus'', the fringed leaf frog or fringed tree frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae.> It is found in the Amazonian lowlands in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and possibly in Bolivia. Description ...

'' (Funkhouser, 1957) — fringe tree frog * ''

Cruziohyla sylviae ''Cruziohyla sylviae'', also known as Sylvia's tree frog, is a large colourful species of tree frog from Central America. Description and taxonomy The species was described in 2018 by zoologist Andrew Gray, and is named after his granddaughter. ...

'' Gray, 2018 — Sylvia's tree frog

References

Phyllomedusinae Amphibians of Central America Amphibians of South America Amphibian genera Taxa named by Jonathan A. Campbell Taxa named by Darrel Frost {{Phyllomedusinae-stub