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Holoaden Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Craugastoridae > Subfamily: Holoadeninae > Genus: Holoaden

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Holoaden Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, Rev. Mus. Paulista, São Paulo, 12: 319. Type species: Holoaden luederwaldti Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920, by monotypy.

English Names

Highland Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 81).

Distribution

Southeastern Brazil.

Comment

Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 1-182, produced evidence of monophyly of this taxon and related to Barycholos, Noblella, and Bryophryne. See comment under Bryophryne.

Contained taxa

  • Holoaden bradei Lutz, 1958
  • Holoaden luederwaldti Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
  • Holoaden pholeter Pombal, Siqueira, Dorigo, Vrcibradic, and Rocha, 2008

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