Pithecopus

Pithecopus is a genus of frogs in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae.^[2][1] Species of the genus Pithecopus are found in tropical South America east of the Andes, from southern Venezuela to northern Argentina.^[1][3][4] Resurrected from the synonymy of Phyllomedusa in 2016, it corresponds to the former Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis group.^[1][3] Its sister group is Callimedusa.^[3]

Pithecopus
Pithecopus azureus, the type species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Subfamily:	Phyllomedusinae
Genus:	Pithecopus Cope, 1866
Type species
Phyllomedusa azurea Cope, 1862
Species
12 species (see text)
Synonyms[1]
Bradymedusa Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926

Etymology

The name of this genus is derived from the Greek pithekodes, which means "ape-like".^[3]

Description

Pithecopus are medium-sized frogs measuring about 45 mm (1.8 in) in snout–vent length. Toe I is much longer than toe II, and is opposable to it. No vomerine teeth are present. The tadpoles have a moderately small oral disc that is anteroventrally directed.^[3]

Species

There are 12 species in this genus:^[1]

• Pithecopus araguaius (Haga, Andrade, Bruschi, Recco-Pimentel, and Giaretta, 2017)
• Pithecopus ayeaye (Lutz, 1966)
• Pithecopus azureus (Cope, 1862)
• Pithecopus centralis (Bokermann, 1965)
• Pithecopus gonzagai (Andrade, Haga, Ferreira, Recco-Pimentel, Toledo, and Bruschi, 2020)
• Pithecopus hypochondrialis (Daudin, 1800)
• Pithecopus megacephalus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926)
• Pithecopus nordestinus (Caramaschi, 2006)
• Pithecopus oreades (Brandão, 2002)
• Pithecopus palliatus (Peters, 1873)
• Pithecopus rohdei (Mertens, 1926)
• Pithecopus rusticus (Bruschi, Lucas, Garcia, and Recco-Pimentel, 2014)

The AmphibiaWeb lists only two species (Pithecopus araguaius and Pithecopus gonzagai), the rest being included in Phyllomedusa.^[2]