Itapotihyla, FAIVOVICH & HADDAD & GARCIA & FROST & CAMPBELL & WHEELER, 2005

FAIVOVICH, JULIÁN, HADDAD, CÉLIO F. B., GARCIA, PAULO C. A., FROST, DARREL R., CAMPBELL, JONATHAN A. & WHEELER, WARD C., 2005, Systematic Review Of The Frog Family Hylidae, With Special Reference To Hylinae: Phylogenetic Analysis And Taxonomic Revision, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2005 (294), pp. 1-240 : 109

Itapotihyla , new genus

TYPE SPECIES: Hyla langsdorffii Duméril and Bibron, 1841 .

DIAGNOSIS: Molecular autapomorphies include 122 transformations in nuclear and mitochondrial proteins and ribosomal genes. See appendix 5 for a complete list of these transformations. A possible morphological autapomorphy is the presence of a prominent subcloacal flap.

ETYMOLOGY: From Itapoti 1 ­ Hyla . The generic name is an allusion to the resemblance of the unique known species of this genus with lichens and mosses. Itapoti is a Tupi­Guarani term, a composition of ‘‘ita´’’ (5 rock) with ‘‘poti’’ (5 flower or to flourish), which means lichen or moss.

CONTENTS: Monotypic. Itapotihyla langsdorffii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) , new comb.