Ecnomiohyla, commonly known as fringe-limbed treefrogs or marvelous frogs, is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. This genus was erected in 2005 following a major revision of Hylidae. The ten original species in this genus (E. rabborum and E. sukia are later discoveries) were previously placed in the genus Hyla. The generic name Ecnomiohyla comes from Greek ecnomios ("marvelous" or "unusual") and Hylas, the companion of Hercules.[1] [2]
Members of Ecnomiohyla are moderately sized to very large frogs with distinctive scalloped fringes of skin on the outer edges of their limbs and relatively immense hands and feet. They are found in the canopies of wet forested highlands of southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia.[3] They are capable of gliding using their webbed hands and feet.[4]
The genus currently includes 12 species,
| Binomial name and author | Common name |
|---|---|
| Ecnomiohyla bailarina | Golden-eyed fringe-limbed treefrog |
| Ecnomiohyla echinata | Oaxacan fringe-limbed treefrog |
| Ecnomiohyla fimbrimembra | Heredia treefrog |
| Ecnomiohyla miliaria | Cope's brown treefrog |
| Ecnomiohyla minera | Guatemala treefrog |
| Ecnomiohyla phantasmagoria | |
| Ecnomiohyla rabborum | Rabb's fringe-limbed treefrog (probably extinct, 2016) |
| Ecnomiohyla salvaje | Copan treefrog |
| Ecnomiohyla sukia | |
| Ecnomiohyla thysanota | Cerro Mali treefrog |
| Ecnomiohyla valancifer | San Martin fringe-limbed treefrog |
| Ecnomiohyla veraguensis | |
The AmphibiaWeb lists the same species but also includes Rheohyla miotympanum in this genus.