Phasmahyla Cruz, 1991
Phasmahyla Cruz, 1991 "1990", Rev. Brasil. Biol., 50: 721. Type species: Phyllomedusa guttata Lutz, 1924, by original designation.
English Names
Shining Leaf Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 61).
Distribution
Southeastern Brazil from eastern Minas Gerais and central Espírito Santo to eastern Paraná.
Comment
Formerly considered to constitute the Phyllomedusa guttata group. Faivovich, Haddad, Baêta, Jungfer, Álvares, Brandão, Sheil, Barrientos, Barrio-Amorós, Cruz, and Wheeler, 2010, Cladistics, 26: 235, on the basis of an extensive molecular analysis suggested Phasmahyla to be the sister taxon of Phyllomedusa.
Contained taxa
- Phasmahyla cochranae (Bokermann, 1966)
- Phasmahyla cruzi Carvalho-e-Silva, Silva, and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2009
- Phasmahyla exilis (Cruz, 1980)
- Phasmahyla guttata (Lutz, 1924)
- Phasmahyla jandaia (Bokermann and Sazima, 1978)
- Phasmahyla spectabilis Cruz, Feio, and Nascimento, 2008
- Phasmahyla timbo Cruz, Napoli, and Fonseca, 2008
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