Dryophytes
| Dryophytes | |
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| Gray tree frog (Dryophytes versicolor) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Hylinae |
| Genus: | Dryophytes Fitzinger, 1843 |
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Dryophytes is a genus of Ameroasian tree frogs in the family Hylidae. They are found mostly in North America, but the genus also includes three species found in eastern Asia.[1]
Description[]
Dryophytes consists of small tree-dwelling frogs, usually green or gray in color. They have digits ending with expanded discs to help them sick to surfaces like trees.[1][2]
Habitat[]
These tree frogs are found in wetlands throughout their range, as well as in temperate forests both on the ground and in trees.[3]
Taxonomy[]
The genus was first described by Fitzinger in 1843.[4] Later it was placed into the genus Hyla, the true tree frogs, by Boulenger in 1882.[4] and 2014, treated Dryophytes as a subgenus of Hyla.[4] Dryophytes was finally resurrected as an independent genus by et al. in 2016.[1][4][5][6]
Only geographical, rather than morphological, differences separates Dryophytes from the genus Hyla. Hyla is found only in the Old World, whereas Dryophytes is distributed in the New World. Most members occur in North America, but three species are found in eastern temperate Asia; D. immaculata, D. japonica, and D. suweonensis.[1]
Species[]
The genus Dryophytes contains 20 species.[1][7]
| Binomial name and author | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dryophytes andersonii (Baird 1854) | Pine Barrens tree frog |
| Dryophytes aboricola (Taylor, 1941) | Arboreal tree frog |
| Dryophytes arenicolor (Cope, 1866) | Canyon tree frog |
| Dryophytes avivocus (Viosca, 1928) | Bird-voiced tree frog |
| Dryophytes bocourti (Mocquard, 1899) | Bocourt's tree frog |
| Dryophytes chrysoscelis (Cope, 1880) | Cope's gray tree frog |
| Dryophytes cinereus (Schneider, 1799) | American green tree frog |
| Dryophytes euphorbiaceus (Günther, 1858) | Southern highland tree frog |
| Dryophytes eximius (Baird 1854) | Mountain tree frog |
| Dryophytes femoralis (Daudin, 1800) | Pine woods tree frog |
| Dryophytes flaviventris ( and , 2019) | Yellow-bellied tree frog |
| Dryophytes gratiosus (LeConte, 1856) | Barking tree frog |
| Dryophytes immaculatus (Boettger, 1888) | Spotless tree toad |
| Dryophytes japonicus (Günther, 1859) | Japanese tree frog |
| Dryophytes plicatus (Brocchi, 1877) | Ridged tree frog |
| Dryophytes squirellus (Daudin, 1800) | Squirrel tree frog |
| Dryophytes suweonensis (, 1980) | Suweon tree frog |
| Dryophytes versicolor (LeConte, 1825) | Gray tree frog |
| Dryophytes walkeri (, 1954) | Walker's tree frog |
| Dryophytes wrightorum (Taylor, 1939) | Wright's mountain tree frog |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Duellman, William; et al. (19 April 2016). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae)". Zootaxa. 4104 (1): 1–109. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1. PMID 27394762.
- ^ Live Science Staff (July 3, 2011). "Tree Frog's Sticky Secrets Revealed". livescience.com. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "Dryophytes - Genus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- ^ a b c d "Dryophytes Fitzinger, 1843". Amphibian Species of the World.
- ^ "AmphibiaWeb - Hyla versicolor". amphibiaweb.org. Taxonomic Notes. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- ^ "AmphibiaWeb - Hylidae". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- ^ "Dryophytes - Genus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- Dryophytes
- Amphibian genera
- Hylinae
- Amphibians of Asia
- Amphibians of Central America
- Amphibians of North America
- Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger