Bokermannohyla

Bokermannohyla is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. Scientists invented this genus in 2005.  That year, many amphibian scientists looked at the species of in Hylidae and decided to make changes. Twenty-three species that had been placed in the genus Hyla were moved to Bokermannohyla.

These frogs live in southern Brazil.

Scientist tell whether a frog is a Bokermannohyla frog using 65 specific parts of the DNA in its nucleus and mitochondria.  These genes are for proteins and ribosomes.

This group is named after scientist Werner Carlos Agosto Bokermann.

Size

With most frogs, the adult female frog is larger than the adult male frog.  But with some frogs in Bokermannohyla, the adult male frog is larger.  Scientists say this happens when the male frogs fight each other for good places to find female frogs.

Species
 Binomial name and authorCommon name Bokermannohyla ahenea   Bokermannohyla alvarengai   Santa Barbara tree frog Bokermannohyla astartea   Paranapiacaba tree frog Bokermannohyla capra    Bokermannohyla caramaschii    Bokermannohyla carvalhoi   Carvalho's tree frog Bokermannohyla circumdata   Espirito Santo tree frog Bokermannohyla claresignata   Rio tree frog Bokermannohyla clepsydra   São Paulo tree frog Bokermannohyla diamantina    Bokermannohyla flavopicta   Bokermannohyla gouveai   Itatiaia tree frog Bokermannohyla hylax   Atlantic forest tree frog Bokermannohyla ibitiguara   Fazenda Salto tree frog Bokermannohyla ibitipoca   Ibitipoca tree frog Bokermannohyla itapoty    Bokermannohyla izeckshoni   Izecksohn's tree frog Bokermannohyla juiju    Bokermannohyla langei   Marumbi tree frog Bokermannohyla lucianae    Bokermannohyla luctuosa   Reservoir tree frog Bokermannohyla martinsi   Martins' tree frog Bokermannohyla nanuzae   Jaboticatubas tree frog Bokermannohyla napolii    Bokermannohyla oxente    Bokermannohyla pseudopseudis   Veadeiros tree frog Bokermannohyla ravida   Bokermannohyla sagarana   Bokermannohyla sapiranga   Bokermannohyla saxicola   Ledge tree frog Bokermannohyla sazimai   Zagaia tree frog Bokermannohyla vulcaniae  

References

Category:Frogs of South America