Agalychnis

Agalychnis
Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Lissamphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Phyllomedusinae
Genus: Agalychnis
Cope, 1864

Agalychnis is a genus of tree frogs native to forests in Mexico, Central America and northwestern South America.

Taxonomy

Eight species were placed within the Agalychnis genus, but a recent major revision of the Hylidae family moved two species to the newly created genus Cruziohyla, leaving six species in this genus:

Blue-sided leaf frog, Agalychnis annae (Duellman, 1963)
Red-eyed tree frog, Agalychnis callidryas (Cope, 1862)
Pink-sided leaf frog, Agalychnis litodryas (Duellman and Trueb, 1967)
Morelet's tree frog, Agalychnis moreletii (Duméril, 1853)
Misfit leaf frog, Agalychnis saltator (Taylor, 1955)
Gliding leaf frog, Agalychnis spurrelli (Boulenger, 1913)

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