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Dryaderces
Sign in to saveDryaderces is a small genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. Their known distribution is disjunct, with one species found in the upper Amazon Basin and lower Andean slopes between central Peru and Amazonian Bolivia, and another one in Pará, Brazil. Its sister taxon is Osteocephalus. No phenotypic synapomorphies defining the genus are known.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Dryaderces is referenced by 5 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, Anura and Amphibia.
Vinony files it under Amphibian genera, Dryaderces and Frogs of Brazil.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Santarem Spiny-backed Frog
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyHylidae
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lophyohylinae
- Image
- Osteocephalus inframaculatus.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- Species
- References
Dryaderces is a small genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. Their known distribution is disjunct, with one species found in the upper Amazon Basin and lower Andean slopes between central Peru and Amazonian Bolivia, and another one in Pará, Brazil. Its sister taxon is Osteocephalus. No phenotypic synapomorphies defining the genus are known.
==Etymology== The generic name Dryaderces is derived from Ancient Greek dryad (=tree) and aderces (=unseen, invisible), thus meaning "unseen in a tree".
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