Canebrake tree frogs explained

The canebrake tree frogs are a frog genus Aplastodiscus. They are in the family Hylidae. Residing primarily in southeast regions of Brazil near the Atlantic coast.^[1] The exception is the Aplastodiscus perviridis which is found mostly in Brazil, but has also been documented being in Argentina, and might reside in Paraguay.^[2] The major revision of the Hylidae genus expanded it to include 12 more species originally from Hyla.^[3] Before the revision there were only 2 species. There are currently 16 described species with the most recent addition Aplastodiscus heterophonicus being described in 2021.^[4]

Species

There are currently 16 described species Aplastodiscus:

• Aplastodiscus albofrenatus (A. Lutz, 1924)
• Aplastodiscus albosignatus (A. Lutz and B. Lutz, 1938)
• Aplastodiscus arildae (Cruz and Peixoto, 1987)
• Aplastodiscus cavicola (Cruz and Peixoto, 1985)
• Aplastodiscus cochranae (Mertens, 1952)
• Aplastodiscus ehrhardti (Müller, 1924)
• Aplastodiscus eugenioi (Carvalho-e-Silva and Carvalho-e-Silva, 2005)
• Aplastodiscus flumineus (Cruz and Peixoto, 1985)
• Aplastodiscus heterophonicus
• Aplastodiscus ibirapitanga (Cruz, Pimenta, and Silvano, 2003)
• Aplastodiscus leucopygius (Cruz and Peixoto, 1985)
• Aplastodiscus lutzorum (Berneck, Giaretta, Brandao, Cruz & Haddad, 2017)
• Aplastodiscus musicus (B. Lutz, 1949)
• Aplastodiscus perviridis (A. Lutz in B. Lutz, 1950)
• Aplastodiscus sibilatus (Cruz, Pimenta, and Silvano, 2003)
• Aplastodiscus weygoldti (Cruz and Peixoto, 1987)

Threats

Currently none of the species are threatened.^[5] Populations of some of the species are declining and the causes include residential and commercial development, human incursions and disturbance, natural systems modifications, agriculture and aquaculture, pollution, biological resource use, and invasive other problematic species, genes and diseases.^[6] Many of the species are data deficient, more research is needed to understand the accurate health of their species population.

References

1. Web site: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . May 29, 2022 . IUCN Red List.
2. Web site: Aplastodiscus perviridis . May 29, 2022 . IUCN Red List.
3. Faivovich . Julián . Haddad . Celio F. B. . Garcia . Paulo C. A. . Frost . Darrel R. . Campbell . Jonathan A. . Wheeler . Ward C. . 2005 . Supplemental Material for 'Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae : phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision.) Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 294)' . 2022-05-30 . American Museum of Natural History Research Library. 10.5531/sd.sp.12 . 2246/462 . free .
4. Pinheiro . P. D. P. . Pezzuti . T. L. . Berneck . B. v. M. . Lyra . M. L. . Lima . R. C. L. . Leite . F. S. F. . 2021-02-15 . A new cryptic species of the Aplastodiscus albosignatus group (Anura: Hylidae) . 10.5281/zenodo.4541651. 245002274 .
5. 2008-01-01 . Arthroleptis nlonakoensis: IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group . 2022-05-30 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 10.2305/iucn.uk.2008.rlts.t135994a4223700.en . free .
6. Book: N., Stuart, S. . Threatened amphibians of the world . 2008 . Lynx . 978-84-96553-41-5 . 474280211.