''Quilticohyla'' is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. They are native to southern Mexico and eastern

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

. All species in this genus are endangered or critically endangered. Members of this genus were formerly classified in the genus ''

Ptychohyla ''Ptychohyla'' is a genus of frogs (common names: stream frogs, mountain stream frogs) in the family Hylidae. These frogs are found in the southern Mexican states of Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal ...

'', but the new genus ''Quilticohyla'' was coined for them in 2018 after this classification was found to be

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. The genus name originates from the

Nahuatl Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller ...

word ''quiltic'', meaning "green", which refers to the green coloration of these frogs. ''Quilticohyla'' is thought to be the

sister genus In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree. Definition The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram: Taxon A and t ...

to ''

Bromeliohyla ''Bromeliohyla'', sometimes known as the bromeliad treefrogs, is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. This genus was erected in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae. The original two species in this genus were previously placed in th ...

''. The genus has 4 recognized species:

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q85108342 Quilticohyla Hylinae Amphibian genera Amphibians of Central America Amphibians of North America Taxa named by Darrel Frost