# Hylodes

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***Hylodes*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [frogs](/source/Frog) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Hylodidae](/source/Hylodidae).[1][2] The genus may be [paraphyletic](/source/Paraphyletic) with respect to *[Megaelosia](/source/Megaelosia)*. The genus *Hylodes* is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to southeastern [Brazil](/source/Brazil). Member [species](/source/Species) are also known [commonly](/source/Common_name) as the **tree toads**, or more ambiguously, as **[torrent frogs](/source/Torrent_frog)**.[1] They are [diurnal](/source/Diurnality) and usually inhabit shallow mountain streams.[3]

## Species

The following [species](/source/Species) are recognised as being valid in the genus *Hylodes*:[1][2]

- *[Hylodes amnicola](/source/Hylodes_amnicola)* [Pombal](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Perez_Pombal_Jr.), [Feio](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Renato_Neves_Feio) & [Haddad](/source/C%C3%A9lio_Fernando_Baptista_Haddad), 2002
- *[Hylodes asper](/source/Hylodes_asper)* ([L. Müller](/source/Lorenz_M%C3%BCller), 1924)
- *[Hylodes babax](/source/Hylodes_babax)* [Heyer](/source/William_Ronald_Heyer), 1982
- *[Hylodes caete](/source/Hylodes_caete)* [Malagoli](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Leo_Ramos_Malagoli), [Sá](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1bio_Perin_de_S%C3%A1), [Canedo](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Clarissa_Coimbra_Canedo) & Haddad, 2017
- *[Hylodes cardosoi](/source/Hylodes_cardosoi)* [Lingnau](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Lingnau), Canedo & Pombal, 2008
- *[Hylodes charadranaetes](/source/Hylodes_charadranaetes)* Heyer & [Cocroft](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reginald_B._Cocroft), 1986
- *[Hylodes dactylocinus](/source/Hylodes_dactylocinus)* [Pavan](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dante_Pavan), [Narvaes](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Patr%C3%ADcia_Narvaes) & [Rodrigues](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Trefaut_Rodrigues), 2001
- *[Hylodes fredi](/source/Hylodes_fredi)* Canedo & Pombal, 2007
- *[Hylodes glaber](/source/Hylodes_glaber)* ([Miranda-Ribeiro](/source/Al%C3%ADpio_de_Miranda-Ribeiro), 1926)
- *[Hylodes heyeri](/source/Hylodes_heyeri)* Haddad, Pombal & [Bastos](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rog%C3%A9rio_Pereira_Bastos), 1996
- *[Hylodes japi](/source/Hylodes_japi)* Sá, Canedo, [Lyra](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mariana_L%C3%BAcio_Lyra) & Haddad, 2015
- *[Hylodes lateristrigatus](/source/Hylodes_lateristrigatus)* ([Baumann](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Franz_Baumann), 1912)
- *[Hylodes magalhaesi](/source/Hylodes_magalhaesi)* ([Bokermann](/source/Werner_Bokermann), 1964)
- *[Hylodes meridionalis](/source/Hylodes_meridionalis)* ([Mertens](/source/Robert_Mertens), 1927)
- *[Hylodes mertensi](/source/Hylodes_mertensi)* (Bokermann, 1956)
- *[Hylodes nasus](/source/Hylodes_nasus)* ([Lichtenstein](/source/Hinrich_Lichtenstein), 1823)
- *[Hylodes ornatus](/source/Hylodes_ornatus)* (Bokermann, 1967)
- *[Hylodes otavioi](/source/Hylodes_otavioi)* [Sazima](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Sazima) & Bokermann, 1983
- *[Hylodes perere](/source/Hylodes_perere)* [Silva](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9lio_Ricardo_da_Silva) & [Benmaman](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Piktor_Benmaman), 2008
- *[Hylodes perplicatus](/source/Hylodes_perplicatus)* (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926)
- *[Hylodes phyllodes](/source/Hylodes_phyllodes)* Heyer & Cocroft, 1986
- *[Hylodes pipilans](/source/Hylodes_pipilans)* Canedo & Pombal, 2007
- *[Hylodes regius](/source/Hylodes_regius)* [Gouvêa](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lio_Gouv%C3%AAa), 1979
- *[Hylodes sazimai](/source/Hylodes_sazimai)* Haddad & Pombal, 1995
- *[Hylodes uai](/source/Hylodes_uai)* [Nascimento](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Luciana_Barreto_Nascimento), Pombal & Haddad, 2001
- *[Hylodes vanzolinii](/source/Hylodes_vanzolinii)* Heyer, 1982

*[Nota bene](/source/Nota_bene)*: A [binomial authority](/source/Binomial_nomenclature) in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than *Hylodes*.

## References

1. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). ["*Hylodes* Fitzinger, 1826"](http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylodidae/Hylodes). *Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0*. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

1. ["Hylodidae"](http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Hylodidae.shtml). *AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]*. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

1. Fatorelli, P.; Pereira, E. G.; Almeida-Gomes, M.; Rocha, C. F. D. (2015). "Population dynamics of *Hylodes uai* tadpoles (Anura, Hylodidae) in a tropical forest stream, southeastern Brazil". *Journal of Herpetology*. **49**: 23–27. [doi:10.1670/12-192](https://doi.org/10.1670/12-192). [S2CID 83735882](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:83735882)

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