Dischidodactylus facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Dischidodactylus |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Craugastoridae |
| Subfamily: | Ceuthomantinae |
| Genus: | Dischidodactylus Lynch, 1979 |
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| Elosia duidensis Rivero, 1968
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2 species (see text) |
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Mount Duida frogs (Dischidodactylus), is a genus of craugastorid frogs endemic to the tepuis of southern Venezuela. The scientific name is derived from the Greek dischidos, meaning divided, and dactylos, meaning finger or toe, in reference to the divided ungual flap (see below).
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Taxonomy
Placement of Dischidodactylus in the subfamily Ceuthomantinae (=Pristimantinae), family Craugastoridae, is based on morphology because no DNA sequence data are available. Dischidodactylus is closely related to Ceuthomantis, with which they share a synapomorphy: completely or almost completely divided ungual flaps. Both genera also have dorsal skin composed of small, flat, pliable (not keratinized) warts, and lack nuptial pads in adult males. They differ in that Dischidodactylus possess a dentigerous process of the vomer, and in that Ceuthomantis lack basal toe webbing. However, the AmphibiaWeb places Dischidodactylus in an entirely different family, Strabomantidae, implying a distant relationship with Ceuthomantis.
Description
Dischidodactylus are smallish frogs that reach a maximum snout–vent length of 43 mm (1.7 in) in females. Their head is not as wide as body. Tympanic membrane is not differentiated and tympanic annulus is visible below skin. Cranial crests are absent. Vomers have small, oblique dentigerous processes. Terminal discs are expanded, rounded, and bifurcate; circumferential groove is present and terminal phalanges are T-shaped. Dorsum is granular and venter is areolate.
Species
The genus contains two species:
- Dischidodactylus colonnelloi Ayarzagüena, 1985
- Dischidodactylus duidensis (Rivero, 1968)
See also
In Spanish: Dischidodactylus para niños
