A new genus and species of microhylid frog from the Cerro de la Neblina region of Venezuela and a discussion of relationships among New World microhylid genera

Title Variants

Alternative: Microhylid frog

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2863

By

Zweifel, Richard George, 1926-2019

Cerro de la Neblina Expedition (1984-1985)

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1986

Notes

Title from caption.

Abstract also in Spanish.

"December 16, 1986."

Adelastes hylonomos, new genus and species, is described from specimens collected on the Cerro de la Neblina Expedition of 1984-1985 at a site in lowland rain forest near the base of Cerro de la Neblina at the southern tip of Venezuela. Cladistic analysis of selected traits of morphology, reproduction, and vocalization suggests that Adelastes and four other genera - Arcovomer, Chiasmocleis, Hamptophryne, and Syncope - form a monophyletic group. A preliminary phylogenetic arrangement of these and other American microhylid genera is presented"--P. [1].

Subjects

Adelastes hylonomos , America , Amphibians , Classification , Frogs , Microhylidae , Neblina Mountain (Venezuela and Brazil) , Phylogeny , Venezuela

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2863, 1986

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 15724054