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Dryophytes wrightorum (Taylor, 1939) is a animal in the Hylidae family, order Anura, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Dryophytes wrightorum (Taylor, 1939)

Dryophytes wrightorum (Taylor, 1939)

Dryophytes wrightorum, Wright's mountain tree frog, is a Hylidae species found in Mexico and the US, and is Arizona's state amphibian.

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Family
Genus
Dryophytes
Order
Anura
Class
Amphibia

About Dryophytes wrightorum (Taylor, 1939)

Nomenclature and Classification

Wright's mountain tree frog, with the scientific name Dryophytes wrightorum, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family that is found in both Mexico and the United States.

Natural Habitats

Its natural habitats include temperate forests, temperate grassland, rivers, and freshwater marshes.

Taxonomic History

Dryophytes wrightorum has previously been treated as a synonym of Dryophytes eximius, commonly called the mountain tree frog, which is listed as the state amphibian of Arizona.

Dryophytes eximius Current Range

Under its current circumscription, Dryophytes eximius is endemic to Mexico and does not occur in Arizona.

State Amphibian Designation

Dryophytes wrightorum is the state amphibian of Arizona.

Photo: (c) Yinan Li, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Yinan Li · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Anura Hylidae Dryophytes

More from Hylidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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