Dendropsophus parviceps FAIVOVICH & HADDAD & GARCIA & FROST & CAMPBELL & WHEELER 2005

Dendropsophus parviceps Group

DIAGNOSIS: This species group is diagnosed by 27 transformations in nuclear and mitochondrial protein and ribosomal genes. See appendix 5 for a complete list of these molecular synapomorphies. We are not aware of any morphological synapomorphy supporting the monophyly of this group.

COMMENTS: We expressed our scepticism regarding the monophyly of this group, as currently defined, but found no evidence to reject monophyly. We recognize the group pending a rigorous test of its monophyly.

CONTENTS: Fifteen species. Dendropsophus allenorum (Duellman and Trueb, 1989), new comb.; Dendropsophus bokermanni (Goin, 1960), new comb.; Dendropsophus brevifrons (Duellman and Crump, 1974), new comb.; Dendropsophus gaucheri (Lescure and Marty, 2001), new comb.; Dendropsophus giesleri (Mertens, 1950), new comb.; Dendropsophus grandisonae (Goin, 1966), new comb.; Dendropsophus koechlini (Duellman and Trueb, 1989), new comb.; Dendropsophus luteoocellatus (Roux, 1927), new comb.; Dendropsophus microps (Peters, 1872), new comb.; Dendropsophus parviceps (Boulenger, 1882), new comb.; Dendropsophus pauiniensis (Heyer, 1977), new comb.; Dendropsophus ruschii (Weygoldt and Peixoto, 1987), new comb.; Dendropsophus schubarti (Bokermann, 1963), new comb.; Dendropsophus subocularis (Dunn, 1934), new comb.; Dendropsophus timbeba (Martins and Cardoso, 1987), new comb.

Species of Dendropsophus Unassigned to Group

There are several species of Dendropsophus that have not been associated with any group. These are: Dendropsophus amicorum (Mijares­Urrutia, 1998), new comb.; Dendropsophus battersbyi (Rivero, 1961), new comb.; Dendropsophus haraldschultzi (Bokermann, 1962), new comb.; Dendropsophus stingi (Kaplan, 1994), new comb.; Dendropsophus tintinnabulum (Melin, 1941), new comb.; Dendropsophus yaracuyanus (Mijares­Urrutia and Rivero, 2000), new comb.