Duellmanohyla
# Duellmanohyla

Duellmanohyla is a genus of frogs (mountain brook frogs) in the family Hylidae found in Oaxaca, Mexico, as well as Central America. These are small stream-breeding frogs have bright red, bronze or yellow irises. Their dorsa are uniform pale green, olive, red-brown or lichenose, with green or olive spots on a black background. Several species have pale upper labial and lateral stripes. Some fingers or toes have moderate webbing.

## Description

Duellmanohyla are small or moderately small frogs. The dorsum is uniformly pale green, olive, reddish brown, or lichenose, and bears green or olive spots on a black background. The iris is bright red, orange, or yellow. The fingers and toes are moderately webbed.

## Ecology

Duellmanohyla breed in fast-flowing mountain streams. To adapt to this habitat, the frogs have a moderate degree of webbing on the forefeet and on some digits of the hind-feet. Egg-laying has not been observed in any species in the genus, and it is thought that the females may deposit their eggs on the foliage above the water of swift-flowing mountain streams, the tadpoles then falling into the stream when they hatch. The tadpoles have dangling oral discs by which they can attach themselves to the substrate.

## Species

The genus contains eight species:

| Binomial name and author | Common name |
| - | - |
| D. chamulae (Duellman, 1961) | Chamula mountain brook frog |
| D. ignicolor (Duellman, 1961) | Sierra Juarez brook frog |
| D. lythrodes (Savage, 1968) | Savage's brook frog |
| D. rufioculis (Taylor, 1952) | Rufous-eyed brook frog |
| D. salvavida (McCranie and Wilson, 1986) | Honduran brook frog |
| D. schmidtorum (Stuart, 1954) | Schmidt's mountain brook frog |
| D. soralia (Wilson and McCranie, 1985) | Copan brook frog |
| D. uranochroa (Cope, 1875) | Costa Rica brook frog |
