''Myersiohyla'' 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 ...

. It was erected in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae and initially included four species that 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 genus is found in the

tepui A tepui , or tepuy (), is a table-top mountain or mesa found in South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran S ...

region of

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

and

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

Species

There are six species in this genus: * ''

Myersiohyla aromatica ''Myersiohyla aromatica'' is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Venezuela. Known only from one tepuy, Cerro Huachamacari, its natural habitats are classed as subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and river A riv ...

'' (Ayarzagüena and Señaris, 1994) * ''

Myersiohyla chamaeleo ''Myersiohyla chamaeleo'' is a frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Amazonas, Venezuela. Scientists have seen it on the Tepui Cerro de la Neblina between 1450 and 2100 meters above sea level. Original description * References chamaeleo ...

'' (Faivovich, McDiarmid, and Myers, 2013) * ''

Myersiohyla inparquesi ''Myersiohyla inparquesi'' is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It appears to be endemic to the summit of Cerro Marahuaca, a tepui in central Amazonas state, Venezuela. Its natural habitats are tepui shrub and forests. Tadpole A t ...

'' (Ayarzagüena and Señaris, 1994) * ''

Myersiohyla liliae ''Myersiohyla liliae'' is a species of frogs in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to the Pacaraima Mountains in Guyana and known from the region of its type locality in the Kaieteur National Park and from Imbaimadai. The species is dedicated t ...

'' (Kok, 2006) * ''

Myersiohyla loveridgei Loveridge's tree frog (''Myersiohyla loveridgei'') is a species of frogs in the family Hylidae endemic to Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and river A river is a natural flowing watercou ...

'' (Rivero, 1961) * ''

Myersiohyla neblinaria ''Myersiohyla neblinaria'', the neblina tree frog, is a frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Venezuela and possibly Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both ...

'' (Faivovich, McDiarmid, and Myers, 2013)

Species

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