Osteocephalus Steindachner, 1862

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

Osteocephalus Steindachner, 1862

TYPE SPECIES: Osteocephalus taurinus Steindachner, 1862 , by subsequent designation of Kellogg (1932).

DIAGNOSIS: This genus is diagnosed by 34 transformations in nuclear and mitochondrial protein and ribosomal genes. See appendix 5 for a complete list of these molecular synapomorphies. We are not aware of any morphological synapomorphy supporting this genus.

CONTENTS: Seventeen species. Osteocephalus buckleyi (Boulenger, 1882) ; Osteocephalus cabrerai (Cochran and Goin, 1970) ; Osteocephalus deridens Jungfer, Ron, Seipp, and Almendáriz, 2000 ; Osteocephalus elkejungingerae (Henle, 1981) ; Osteocephalus exophthalmus Smith and Noonan, 2001 ; Osteocephalus fuscifacies Jungfer, Ron, Seipp, and Almendáriz, 2000 ; Osteocephalus heyeri Lynch, 2002 ; Osteocephalus leoniae Jungfer and Lehr, 2001 ; Osteocephalus leprieurii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) ; Osteocephalus mutabor Jungfer and Hödl, 2002 ; Osteocephalus oophagus Jungfer and Schiesari, 1995 ; Osteocephalus pearsoni (Gaige, 1929) ; Osteocephalus planiceps Cope, 1874 ; Osteocephalus subtilis Martins and Cardoso, 1987 ; Osteocephalus taurinus Steindachner, 1862 ; Osteocephalus verruciger (Werner, 1901) ; Osteocephalus yasuni Ron and Pramuk, 1999 .