Systematic Review Of The Frog Family Hylidae, With Special Reference To Hylinae: Phylogenetic Analysis And Taxonomic Revision
Author
FAIVOVICH, JULIÁN
Author
HADDAD, CÉLIO F. B.
Author
GARCIA, PAULO C. A.
Author
FROST, DARREL R.
Author
CAMPBELL, JONATHAN A.
Author
WHEELER, WARD C.
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Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2005
2005-06-24
2005
294
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http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1206%2F0003-0090(2005)294%5B0001%3ASROTFF%5D2.0.CO%3B2
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10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2
0003-0090
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Ecnomiohyla
,
new genus
TYPE
SPECIES
:
Hypsiboas miliarius
Cope, 1886
.
DIAGNOSIS: This genus is diagnosed by 37 transformations in nuclear and mitochondrial protein and ribosomal genes. See appendix 5 for a complete list of these molecular synapomorphies. We are not aware of any morphological synapomorphy supporting this genus.
ETYMOLOGY: From the Greek,
ecnomios,
meaning marvelous, unusual; an obvious reference to the incredible frogs of the
Hyla tuberculosa
group. The gender is feminine.
COMMENTS: This new genus contains the
Hyla tuberculosa
group, excluding
H. dendrophasma
, and including one species of the
H. miotympanum
group as well. Erecting a new genus for this clade is the only way of being consistent with the new monophyletic taxonomy that is proposed for hylids. Although naming the former
H. tuberculosa
group as a genus constitutes a testable claim of monophyly, we expect that it will ultimately be found to be two or three different clades, with one of these being the one named here.
CONTENTS: Ten species.
Ecnomiohyla echinata
(Duellman, 1962)
,
new comb.
;
Ecnomiohyla fimbrimembra
(Taylor, 1948)
,
new comb.
;
Ecnomiohyla miliaria
(Cope, 1886)
,
new comb.
;
Ecnomiohyla minera
(Wilson, McCranie, and Williams, 1985)
,
new comb.
;
Ecnomiohyla miotympanum
(Cope, 1863)
,
new comb.
;
Ecnomiohyla phantasmagoria
(Dunn, 1943)
;
Ecnomiohyla salvaje
(Wilson, McCranie, and Williams, 1985)
,
new comb.
;
Ecnomiohyla thysanota
(Duellman, 1966)
,
new comb.
;
Ecnomiohyla tuberculosa
(Boulenger, 1882)
,
new comb.
;
Ecnomiohyla valancifer
(Firschein and Smith, 1956)
,
new comb.