Diasporus
| Diasporus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Diasporus diastema | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Eleutherodactylidae |
| Subfamily: | Eleutherodactylinae |
| Genus: | Diasporus Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008 |
| Type species | |
| Lithodytes diastema Cope, 1875 | |
| Diversity | |
| 11 species (see text) | |
Diasporus is a genus of frogs in the Eleutherodactylidae family. The genus was first described in 2008.[1][2] They are found in Central and northern South America. They are sometimes referred to as dink frogs,[2] in reference to the "tink" sound that males make during the mating season.[3]
Characteristics
Diasporus are small frogs, with a snout–vent length varying between 11 mm (0.43 in) in male Diasporus quidditus to 26 mm (1.0 in) in female Diasporus hylaeformis. They have a relatively large, distinct head. All members have direct development, skipping a tadpole stage.[1]
Etymology
The name is from the Greek diaspora ("a dispersion from"). It refers to the relationship of this genus to the Caribbean clade of Eleutherodactylus.[1]
Distribution
Diasporus spp. inhabit humid lowland and montane forests from eastern Honduras through Panama to the Pacific versant of Colombia and northwestern Ecuador.[1][4]
Species
There are 11 species of Diasporus:[2][5]
- Diasporus anthrax (Lynch, 2001)
- Diasporus citrinobapheus Hertz, Hauenschild, Lotzkat, and Köhler, 2012[4]
- Diasporus diastema (Cope, 1875)
- Diasporus gularis (Boulenger, 1898)
- Diasporus hylaeformis (Cope, 1875)
- Diasporus igneus Batista, Ponce, and Hertz, 2012
- Diasporus quidditus (Lynch, 2001)
- Diasporus tigrillo (Savage, 1997)
- Diasporus tinker (Lynch, 2001)
- Diasporus ventrimaculatus Chaves, García-Rodríguez, Mora, and Leal, 2009
- Diasporus vocator (Taylor, 1955)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Hedges, S. B.; Duellman, W. E. & Heinicke, M. P (2008). "New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1737: 1–182.
- 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Diasporus Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ "Just calling for a kiss. Cute Frog of the Week: January 2, 2012". Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- 1 2 Hertz, A.; Hauenschild, F.; Lotzkat, S.; Köhler, G. (2012). "A new golden frog species of the genus Diasporus (Amphibia, Eleutherodactylidae) from the Cordillera Central, western Panama". ZooKeys. 196: 23–46. doi:10.3897/zookeys.196.2774. PMC 3361085
. PMID 22679389. - ↑ "Eleutherodactylidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
