Hyloscirtus ptychodactylus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Hylidae
Genus: Hyloscirtus
Species: Hyloscirtus ptychodactylus

Name

Hyloscirtus ptychodactylus (Duellman & Hillis, 1990)

• Holotype: KU 209780.
• Type locality: “Pilaló (00°57´S, 79°02´W), 2320 m, Provincia de Cotopaxi, Ecuador”.

Combinations

• Hyla ptychodactyla Duellman & Hillis, 1990: 12 [original combination]
• Hyloscirtus ptychodactylus — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005: 85 [subsequent combination]
• Boana ptychodactyla — Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson & Reeder, 2005: 743 [subsequent combination by implication]
• Colomascirtus ptychodactylus — Duellman, Marion & Hedges, 2016: 30 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Duellman, W.E. & Hillis, D.M. 1990. Systematics of the Hyla larinopygion group. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 134: 1–23.
• Faivovich, J., Haddad, C.F.B., Garcia, P.C.A., Frost, D.R., Campbell, J.A. & Wheller, W.C. 2005. Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 294: 1–240. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/462 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2019. IUCN: Hyloscirtus ptychodactylus  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T55617A98648365. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T55617A98648365.en. Accessed on 10 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Pilalo Treefrog