Hylinae Rafinesque, 1815

Duellman, William E., Marion, Angela B. & Hedges, Blair, 2016, Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae), Zootaxa 4104 (1), pp. 1-109 : 17

Subfamily Hylinae Rafinesque, 1815

Hylarinia Rafinesque, 1815:78. Type genus: Hylaria Rafinesque, 1814 (an unjustified emendation of Hyla Laurenti, 1768 [fide Frost 2015]).

Definition. As for the family.

Content. Eighteen genera and 165 species.

Distribution. North America southward throughout Mexico and Central America, and barely entering South America. The subfamily also occurs throughout much of temperate Eurasia, Japan, and extreme northern Africa.

Etymology. The family name is based on the generic name Hyla that is derived from the vocative of Hylas , the companion of Hercules, in Greek mythology.

Remarks. The monophyly of all of the Nearctic, Mexican, and Central American genera of hylines is strongly supported ( Fig. 2 ). This clade contains 18 genera and 165 species. Except for the Central American Smilisca phaeota , sila , and sordida , the ranges of which extend into northwestern South America, no species in this clade extends into that continent.

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FIGURE 2. Phylogenetic tree of the families, subfamilies, and genera of arboranan frogs, distilled from the maximum likelihood phylogeny (Fig. 4). Names in red are new and those in blue are resurrected. The tree is rooted with Ceuthomantis smaragdinus, Dendrobates auratus, Haddadus binotatus, and Rhinoderma darwinii (not shown). Bootstrap support values are indicated at nodes.