Myersiohyla

Myersiohyla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Tribe:	Cophomantini
Genus:	Myersiohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
Type species
Hyla inparquesi Ayarzagüena and Señaris, 1994 "1993"
Diversity
Six species (see text)

Myersiohyla is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. It was erected in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae and initially included four species that were previously placed in the genus Hyla. The genus is found in the tepui region of Guyana and Venezuela.

Species

There are six species in this genus:

• Myersiohyla aromatica (Ayarzagüena and Señaris, 1994)
• Myersiohyla chamaeleo (Faivovich, McDiarmid, and Myers, 2013)
• Myersiohyla inparquesi (Ayarzagüena and Señaris, 1994)
• Myersiohyla liliae (Kok, 2006)
• Myersiohyla loveridgei (Rivero, 1961)
• Myersiohyla neblinaria (Faivovich, McDiarmid, and Myers, 2013)

Further reading

• Faivovich, McDiarmid, Myers: Two new species of Myersiohyla (Anura, Hylidae) from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela, with comments on other species of the genus. (American Museum Novitates, no. 3792)