Hyalotos
| Hyalotos | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Hyalotos Richards, Mahony, and Donnellan, 2025 |
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Hyalotos is a genus of tree frogs in the family Pelodryadidae, native to New Guinea.[1] Species in the genus were previously included within the wastebasket genus Litoria, but were separated into a new genus in 2025.[2] They are small frogs with highly camouflaged skin, mottled many potenitial colours with fringed ornamentation along their legs. Juveniles of at least two species appear to camouflage to bird droppings.[3] All species within this genus have only been seen by scientists a few times, and were discovered in the 21st century.
The genus is named from the Greek hyalos meaning "glass" and otos meaning ear, in reference to their clear tympanum.[2]
References
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2026). "Hyalotos Richards, Mahony, and Donnella, 2025". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2026-04-06.
- 1 2 Donnellan, Stephen C.; Mahony, Michael J.; Esquerré, Damien; Brennan, Ian G.; Price, Luke C.; Lemmon, Alan; Moriarty Lemmon, Emily; Günther, Rainer; Monis, Paul; Bertozzi, Terry; Keogh, J. Scott; Shea, Glenn M.; Richards, Stephen J. (2025-06-19). "Phylogenomics informs a generic revision of the Australo-Paupuan treefrogs (Anura: Pelodryadidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (2). Oxford Academic: 1–80. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf015. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
- ↑ Nick Kilvert (2023-04-14). "'Bird poo' frog among five new species classified in Papua New Guinea". ABC Science. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2023-04-30.