Mexican Treefrogs
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 Smilisca phaeota cyanosticta
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Mexican Treefrogs or Smiliscas (Smilisca) are frogs in the Hylidae family, and are found in Mexico, southern Texas and Arizona, Central America and northwestern South America. In a recent revision of the Hylidae family the two species of the genus Pternohyla was included into this genus. [1]
[edit] Species
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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| Smilisca baudinii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) | Common Mexican Treefrog |
| Smilisca cyanosticta (Smith, 1953) | Blue-spotted Mexican Treefrog |
| Smilisca dentata (Smith, 1957) | Upland Burrowing Treefrog |
| Smilisca fodiens (Boulenger, 1882) | Lowland Burrowing Treefrog |
| Smilisca phaeota (Cope, 1862) | New Granada Cross-banded Treefrog |
| Smilisca puma (Cope, 1885) | Nicaragua Cross-banded Treefrog |
| Smilisca sila Duellman and Trueb, 1966 | Panama Cross-banded Treefrog |
| Smilisca sordida (Peters, 1863) | Veragua Cross-banded Treefrog |
[edit] References
- ^ Faivovich, J.; Haddad, C.F.B.; Garcia, P.C.A.; Frost, D.R.; Campbell, J.A.; Wheeler, W.C., 2005: Systematic Review of the Frog Family Hylidae, with Special Reference to Hylinae: Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomic Revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Num. 294, pp.1-240. [1]
- Duellman, W.E. (1993): Amphibian species of the world - Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Spec. Publ.), Kansas 21, pp. [1-372]
[edit] External Links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Smilisca. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 23, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Smilisca. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 23, 2008).
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Smilisca at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Smilisca at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 22, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Smilisca at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
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