Agalychnis Cope, 1864

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 : 113

Agalychnis Cope, 1864

TYPE SPECIES: Agalychnis callidryas Cope, 1862 , by original designation.

DIAGNOSIS: The monophyly of this group is supported by 23 transformations in nuclear and mitochondrial protein and ribosomal genes. See appendix 5 for a complete list of these molecular synapomorphies. Agalychnis has extensively developed webbing on hands and feet in relationship with Pachymedusa , Hylomantis , Cruziohyla new genus, Phas­ mahyla, and Phyllomedusa . Also, with the exception of A. annae , which has a yellow iris, the other species have either a red or a dark red iris.

COMMENTS: Considering the lack of knowledge regarding the internal structure of Pelodryadinae, where some species have extensive hand and foot webbing (e.g., Tyler, 1968), it is still unknown if these character states are plesiomorphic for Phyllomedusinae . Consequently, at this stage we do not know exactly in which point of the topology of Phyllomedusinae they are homoplastic (both hands and foot webbing are developed in Cruziohyla new genus and, somewhat less extensively, in Phrynomedusa ).

CONTENTS: Six species. Agalychnis annae (Duellman, 1963) ; Agalychnis callidryas Cope, 1862 ; Agalychnis litodryas (Duellman and Trueb, 1967) ; Agalychnis moreletii (Duméril, 1853) ; Agalychnis saltator (Taylor, 1955) ; Agalychnis spurrelli (Boulenger, ‘‘1913’’ [1914].)