Hylinae
subfamily of amphibians
Hylinae is a large subfamily of "tree frogs", family Hylidae.
Classification
The contents of this subfamily vary substantially according to the source. The Amphibian Species of the World follows the revision by Duellman and colleagues from 2016 based on molecular data and delimits the subfamily more narrowly than before, treating parts of former Hylinae as their own subfamilies. Following this classification, there were 18 genera totaling 174 species in the end of 2020. They are found North, Central, and the northmost South America, much of temperate Eurasia, Japan, and extreme northern Africa, however, only Hyla is found outside the Americas. The Wikipedia is following this classification.
The AmphibiaWeb follows an older classification defining Hylinae more broadly, with several hundred species. At the end of 2020, the AmphibiaWeb lists 42 genera totaling 737 species.
Amphibian Species of the World
At the end of 2020, the Amphibian Species of the World includes the following 18 genera:
Atlantihyla Faivovich, Pereyra, Luna, Hertz, Blotto, Vásquez-Almazán, McCranie, Sánchez, Baêta, Araujo-Vieira, Köhler, Kubicki, Campbell, Frost, Wheeler, and Haddad, 2018
Bromeliohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
Charadrahyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
Dryophytes Fitzinger, 1843
Duellmanohyla Campbell and Smith, 1992
Ecnomiohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
Exerodonta Brocchi, 1879
Hyla Laurenti, 1768
Isthmohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
Megastomatohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
Plectrohyla Brocchi, 1877
Ptychohyla Taylor, 1944
Quilticohyla Faivovich, Pereyra, Luna, Hertz, Blotto, Vásquez-Almazán, McCranie, Sánchez, Baêta, Araujo-Vieira, Köhler, Kubicki, Campbell, Frost, Wheeler, and Haddad, 2018
Rheohyla Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016
Sarcohyla Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016
Smilisca Cope, 1865
Tlalocohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
Triprion Cope, 1866
AmphibiaWeb
At the end of 2020, the AmphibiaWeb includes the following 42 genera:
Characteristics
Hylinae are largely arboreal frogs, although Smilisca and Triprion are burrowers. Eggs are deposited in water and the tadpoles are aquatic.
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