Aparasphenodon

Taxobox
name = "Aparasphenodon"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Hylidae
genus = "Aparasphenodon"
genus_authority = Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Aparasphenodon" is a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family, and are found southeastern Brazil, the Orinoco Basin, Venezuela and Colombia. These are tree-dwelling speceis usually hiding in the cisterns of epiphytic bromeliads. The top of the head carries a bony plate which is fused with the skin.

pecies

The genus is composed of three species:

References

* (1970b): The evolutionary relationships of casque-headed treefrogs with co-ossified skulls (family Hylidae). - "Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist". 18, pp. [547-716]

External links

*. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). [http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/names.php?taxon=&family=&subfamily=&genus=Aparasphenodon&commname=&authority=&year=&geo=0&dist=&comment= "Aparasphenodon"] . Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
* [web application] . 2008. Berkeley, California: [http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_lists_genera_&table=amphib&where-genus=Aparasphenodon&where-species= "Aparasphenodon"] . AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
* taxon [http://www.eol.org/taxa/16142079 "Aparasphenodon"] at http://www.eol.org.
* Taxon [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=207335 "Aparasphenodon"] at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
* Taxon [http://data.gbif.org/species/13184640/ "Aparasphenodon"] at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm