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Hyla barbudensis (tree frog)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae

Taxonomy
Hyla barbudensis was named by Auffenberg (1959) [holotype is incorrectly listed in text and figure caption as UF 2572]. Its type specimen is UF 2752 (right ilium) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barbuda Cave 1, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene cave horizon in Antigua and Barbuda.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Hyla barbudensis Auffenberg pp. 251-252 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
superfamilyHyloideaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyHylidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyHylinaeRafinesque 1815
genusHyla
speciesbarbudensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Hyla barbudensis Auffenberg 1959 [tree frog]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda (Barbuda) Hyla barbudensis (type locality: 155349)