Mexican Treefrogs | |
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Masked Tree Frog, Smilisca phaeota | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Subfamily: | Hylinae |
Genus: | Smilisca Cope, 1865 |
Species | |
See text. |
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 previous genus Pternohyla was included into this genus.[1]
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 |