Stefania
| Stefania | |
|---|---|
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| Stefania evansi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hemiphractidae |
| Genus: | Stefania Rivero, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| Hyla evansi Boulenger, 1904 | |
| Diversity | |
| 19 species (see text) | |
Stefania is a group of frogs in the family Hemiphractidae.[1] They live in in the Guiana Shield in southern Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil.[2] Most of these frogs live on tepui, which are table-shaped highlands, but S. evansi also lives closer to sea level. On most mountains, there are only 1–2 species from this genus, but five live on Mount Ayanganna[3] and Mount Wokomung has six.[4] People usually see them near streams at low levels on branches or leaves or on the ground near plants and rocks.
These frogs hatch out of eggs as small froglets, not tadpoles. The eggs sit on the mother frog's back until they hatch. People call these frogs carrying frogs in English. Some frogs in the family Hemiphractidae do this too.
Species
[change | change source]There are 20 Stefania species:[2]
- Stefania ackawaio MacCulloch and Lathrop, 2002
- Stefania ayangannae MacCulloch and Lathrop, 2002
- Stefania breweri Barrio-Amorós and Fuentes-Ramos, 2003
- Stefania coxi MacCulloch and Lathrop, 2002
- Stefania evansi (Boulenger, 1904)
- Stefania ginesi Rivero, 1968
- Stefania goini Rivero, 1968
- Stefania maccullochi Kok, 2023
- Stefania marahuaquensis (Rivero, 1961)
- Stefania neblinae Carvalho, MacCulloch, Bonora, and Vogt, 2010
- Stefania oculosa Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1997
- Stefania percristata Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1997
- Stefania riae Duellman and Hoogmoed, 1984
- Stefania riveroi Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1997
- Stefania roraimae Duellman and Hoogmoed, 1984
- Stefania satelles Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1997
- Stefania scalae Rivero, 1970
- Stefania schuberti Señaris, Ayarzagüena, and Gorzula, 1997
- Stefania tamacuarina Myers and Donnelly, 1997
- Stefania woodleyi Rivero, 1968
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Rivero, J (1966). "Notes on the genus Cryptobatrachus (Amphibia, Salientia) with the description of a new race and four new species of a new genus of hylid frogs". Caribbean Journal of Science. 6: 137–149. 1966 is the nominal publication year, while the actual publication year was 1968.
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Stefania Rivero, 1968". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ MacCulloch, RD & A Lathrop (2002). "Exceptional diversity of the genus Stefania (Anura: Hylidae) on Mount Ayanganna, Guyana; three new species and new distributional records". Herpetologica. 58: 327–346. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0327:edosah]2.0.co;2. S2CID 83496236.
- ↑ MacCulloch, R.D.; A. Lathrop & S.Z. Khan (2006). "Exceptional diversity of Stefania (Anura: Cryptobatrachidae) II: six species from Mount Wokomung, Guyana". Phyllomedusa. 5: 31–41. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v5i1p31-41.
