Hyla versicolor, LeConte, 1825

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 : 102-103

Hyla versicolor Group

DIAGNOSIS: This species group is diagnosed by 51 transformations in nuclear and mitochondrial proteins and ribosomal genes. See appendix 5 for a complete list of these molecular synapomorphies. We are not aware of any morphological synapomorphy supporting this group.

COMMENTS: Hyla andersonii is transferred to the H. eximia group to avoid the paraphyly of the H. versicolor group.

CONTENTS: Three species. Hyla avivoca Viosca, 1928 ; Hyla chrysoscelis Cope, 1880 ; Hyla versicolor LeConte, 1825 .

Species of Hyla Unassigned to Group

Considering that relationships of Hyla femoralis Bosc, 1800 with the H. versicolor and H. eximia groups are unresolved, we prefer to keep this species unassigned as a more stable alternative to merging the H. versicol­ or and the H. eximia groups into a single group.

Isthmohyla , new genus

TYPE SPECIES: Hyla pseudopuma Günther, 1901 .

DIAGNOSIS: This genus is diagnosed by 42 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 for the genus.

ETYMOLOGY: From Isthmo, Greek, in reference to the mostly isthmian distribution of these frogs (the only exception is Hyla insolita ) 1 Hyla . The gender is feminine.

COMMENTS: This new genus includes all species of the Hyla pseudopuma and H. pictipes groups, as defined by Duellman (2001), with the exception of H. thorectes , which is transferred to Plectrohyla . Our taxon sampling of the relevant species groups was too sparse to result in a test of their respective monophyly. We tentatively recognize these species groups as reviewed by Duellman (2001), with the exception that H. thorectes is excluded from the former H. pictipes group and not included in Isthmohyla .

CONTENTS: Fourteen species placed in two species groups.