Syncope (genus)
Syncope is a genus of microhylid frogs.[1][2] Their common name is silent frogs (though species transferred from Chiasmocleis are called humming frogs). They occur in northern South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil, possibly Bolivia).[1]
| Syncope | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Gastrophryninae |
| Genus: | Syncope Walker, 1973 |
| Type species | |
| Syncope antenori Walker, 1973 | |
| Species | |
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See text. | |
Species
There are eight species:[1]
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
|---|---|
| Syncope antenori Walker, 1973 | Ecuador silent frog |
| Syncope bassleri (Dunn, 1949) | Bassler's humming frog |
| Syncope carvalhoi Nelson, 1975 | Carvalho's silent frog |
| Syncope hudsoni (Parker, 1940) | Hudson's humming frog |
| Syncope jimi (Caramaschi and Cruz, 2001) | |
| Syncope magnova (Moravec and Köhler, 2007) | |
| Syncope supercilialbus (Morales and McDiarmid, 2009) | |
| Syncope tridactyla (Duellman & Mendelson, 1995) | |
References
- Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Syncope Walker, 1973". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- "Syncope Walker, 1973". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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