''Dendropsophus'' 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 family
Hylidae
Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as "tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semiaquatic.
Taxonomy and s ...
. They are distributed in Central and South America, from southern Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay. They are sometimes known under the common name Fitzinger neotropical treefrogs or yellow treefrogs
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This genus was resurrected in 2005 following a major revision of the family Hylidae.][, 2005: Systematic Review of the Frog Family Hylidae, with Special Reference to Hylinae: Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomic Revision. ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'', Num. 294, pp.1-240]
/ref> The species believed to have 30 chromosome
A chromosome is a long DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material of an organism. In most chromosomes the very long thin DNA fibers are coated with packaging proteins; in eukaryotic cells the most important of these proteins are ...
s, previously placed in the genus ''Hyla
''Hyla'' is a genus of frogs in the tree frog family Hylidae. As traditionally defined, it was a wastebasket genus with more than 300 species found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and across the Americas. After a major revision of the family most of th ...
'', were later moved to this genus.[
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Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Dendropsophus'':
References
External links
* eb application 2008. Berkeley, California
''Dendropsophus''
AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 28, 2008).
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Hylidae
Amphibians of Central America
Amphibians of South America
Amphibian genera
Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger