''Ecnomiohyla'', commonly known as fringe-limbed treefrogs or marvelous frogs, is a genus of
frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...
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 ...
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[ This genus was erected in 2005 following a major revision of Hylidae. The ten original species in this genus (''E. rabborum'' and ''E. sukia'' are later discoveries) were 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 ...
''. The generic name ''Ecnomiohyla'' comes from Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
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*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
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''ecnomios'' ("marvelous" or "unusual") and Hylas
In classical mythology, Hylas () was a youth who served as Heracles's (Roman Hercules) companion and servant. His abduction by water nymphs was a theme of ancient art, and has been an enduring subject for Western art in the classical tradition ...
, the companion of Hercules
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Description
Members of ''Ecnomiohyla'' are moderately sized to very large frogs with distinctive scalloped fringes of skin on the outer edges of their limbs and relatively immense hands and feet. They are found in the canopies of wet forested highlands of southern Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
through Central America to Colombia. They are capable of gliding using their webbed hands and feet.
Species
The genus currently includes 12 species,[
The AmphibiaWeb lists the same species but also includes '' Rheohyla miotympanum'' in this genus.][
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See also
* Flying frog
References
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Hylinae
Amphibian genera
Amphibians of Central America
Amphibians of South America
Taxa named by Jonathan A. Campbell
Taxa named by Darrel Frost