Bromeliohyla melacaena

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Hylinae
Genus: Bromeliohyla
Species: Bromeliohyla melacaena

Name

Bromeliohyla melacaena (McCranie & Castañeda, 2006)

• Holotype: USNM 562864, adult ♂, collected by Franklin E. Castañeda, Tomás Manzanares, and James R. McCranie on 17 June 2005.
• Type locality: “Parque Nacional El Cusuco Centro de Visitantes, 15°31′ N, 88°12′ W, 1550 m elevation, Departamento de Cortés, Honduras”.

Combinations

• Hyla melacaena McCranie & Castañeda, 2006: 309 [original combination]
• Isthmoyla melacaena — McCranie, 2007: 38 [subsequent combination]
• Bromeliohyla melacaena — Faivovich, Pereyra, Luna, Hertz, Blotto, Vásquez-Almazán, McCranie, Sánchez, Baêta, Araujo-Vieira, Köhler, Kubicki, Campbell, Frost, Wheeler & Haddad, 2018: 23 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• McCranie, J.R. & Castañeda, F.E. 2006. A new species of hylid frog from northwestern Honduras. Herpetologica 62(3): 318–323. DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2006)62[318:ANSOHF]2.0.CO;2
• Faivovich, J., Pereyra, M.O., Luna, M.C., Hertz, A., Blotto, B.L., Vásquez-Almazán, C.R., McCranie, J.R., Sánchez, D.A., Baêta, D., Araujo-Vieira, K., Köhler, G., Kubicki, B., Campbell, J.A., Frost, D.R., Wheller, W.C. & Haddad, C.F.B. 2018. On the monophyly and relationships of several genera of Hylini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae), with comments on recent taxonomic changes in hylids. South American Journal of Herpetology 13(1): 1–32. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00115.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Bromeliohyla melacaena . Accessed on 26 Apr 2015.
• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2019. IUCN: Bromeliohyla melacaena  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T136148A54384826. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136148A54384826.en. Accessed on 18 February 2022.