Anotheca Smith, 1939

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 : 99

Anotheca Smith, 1939

TYPE SPECIES: Gastrotheca coronata Stejneger, 1911 (5 Hyla spinosa Steindachner, 1864 ), by original designation.

DIAGNOSIS: This monotypic genus is diagnosed by 219 transformations of nuclear and mitochondrial protein and ribosomal genes. See appendix 5 for a complete list of these transformations. Morphological autapomorphies include the tendo superficialis hallucis that tapers from an expanded corner of the aponeurosis plantaris; with fibers of the m. transversus plantae distalis originating on distal tarsal 2–3 inserting on the lateral side of the tendon (several of homoplasy, see appendix 1); the unique skull ornamentation composed of sharp, dorsally pointed spines in the margins of frontoparietal, maxilla, nasal (including canthal ridge), and squamosal, and character states that result in its reproductive mode, including maternal provisioning of trophic eggs to tadpoles (see Jungfer, 1996).

CONTENTS: Monotypic. Anotheca spinosa

(Steindachner, 1864).

Bromeliohyla , new genus

TYPE SPECIES: Hyla bromeliacia Schmidt, 1933 .

DIAGNOSIS: For the purposes of this paper we consider that the 141 transformations in nuclear and mitochondrial protein and ribosomal genes autapomorphic of Bromeliohyla bromeliacia are synapomorphies of this genus. See appendix 5 for a complete list of these molecular synapomorphies. Possible nonmolecular synapomorphies of this genus are the reproductive mode, where eggs are laid in water accumulated in bromeliads (several instances of homoplasy, e.g., two species of Isthmohyla , Phyllodytes , some species Osteopilus , and the Scinax perpusillus group), and tadpoles with dorsoventrally flattened bodies and elongated tails.

ETYMOLOGY: From Bromelia 1 Hyla , in reference to the bromeliad breeding habits of its species. The gender is feminine.

COMMENTS: We included a single species of this genus, and as such we did not test its monophyly. We consider it likely based on the evidence noted above.

CONTENTS: Two species. Bromeliohyla bromeliacia (Schmidt, 1933) , new comb.; Bromeliohyla dendroscarta (Taylor, 1940) , new comb.