Hylidae

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Red Snouted Tree Frog

Red Snouted Tree Frog

Scinax ruber (Laurenti, 1768)

Scinax ruber is a common widespread small tree frog native to Central and northern South America.

Stauffer's Tree Frog

Stauffer's Tree Frog

Scinax staufferi (Cope, 1865)

Scinax staufferi is a Hylidae family frog found across Central America and Mexico in a wide range of natural and modified habitats.

Ribeirão Branco Snouted Tree Frog

Ribeirão Branco Snouted Tree Frog

Scinax perereca Pombal, Haddad & Kasahara, 1995

Scinax perereca is a Hylidae frog found in South America, threatened by habitat loss across its various wet and forest habitats.

Hay's Snouted Tree Frog

Hay's Snouted Tree Frog

Scinax hayii (Barbour, 1909)

Scinax hayii is a Hylidae frog species endemic to Brazil that lives in a wide range of habitats.

Striped Snouted Tree Frog

Striped Snouted Tree Frog

Scinax squalirostris (Lutz, 1925)

Scinax squalirostris is a small common frog found in Brazil and Argentina with distinct dark striping patterns.

Boeseman's Snouted Tree Frog

Boeseman's Snouted Tree Frog

Scinax boesemani (Goin, 1966)

Scinax boesemani is a small, common tree frog found in Neotropical lowland rainforests that adapts well to habitat disturbance.

Venezuela Snouted Tree Frog

Venezuela Snouted Tree Frog

Scinax x-signatus (Spix, 1824)

Scinax x-signatus, the Venezuelan snouted treefrog, is a common invasive adaptable Hylidae frog native to northern South America.

Spix's Snouted Tree Frog

Spix's Snouted Tree Frog

Scinax nebulosus (Spix, 1824)

Scinax nebulosus is a Hylidae frog species found in northern South America, threatened by habitat loss.

Argentine Snouted Tree Frog

Argentine Snouted Tree Frog

Scinax granulatus (Peters, 1871)

Scinax granulatus is a Hylidae frog species found in four South American countries across a wide range of habitats.

Olive Snouted Tree Frog

Olive Snouted Tree Frog

Scinax elaeochroa (Cope, 1875)

Scinax elaeochroa is a small tree frog native to humid Neotropical forests, that is potentially threatened by deforestation.

Bruno's Casque-headed Tree Frog

Bruno's Casque-headed Tree Frog

Aparasphenodon brunoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920

Bruno's casque-headed frog (Aparasphenodon brunoi) is a venomous, large endemic frog from southeastern Brazilian coastal forests.

Hispaniolan Common Tree Frog

Hispaniolan Common Tree Frog

Osteopilus dominicensis (Tschudi, 1838)

Osteopilus dominicensis is a common Hylidae frog species endemic to the island of Hispaniola.

Cuban Tree Frog

Cuban Tree Frog

Osteopilus septentrionalis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)

Osteopilus septentrionalis, the Cuban tree frog, is North America's largest tree frog, native to the Caribbean and invasive in parts of the U.S.

Copan brook frog

Copan brook frog

Duellmanohyla soralia (Wilson & McCranie, 1985)

Duellmanohyla soralia, the Copan brook frog, is a small endemic tree frog found in Honduras and Guatemala.

Rufous-eyed brook frog

Rufous-eyed brook frog

Duellmanohyla rufioculis (Taylor, 1952)

Duellmanohyla rufioculis, the rufous-eyed brook frog, is a small red-eyed stream frog endemic to Costa Rican mountains.

Lesser Swimming Frog

Lesser Swimming Frog

Pseudis minuta Günther, 1858

Pseudis minuta is a common small aquatic frog that lives in still water habitats including rice plantations, with no known major threats.

Paradoxical Swimming Frog

Paradoxical Swimming Frog

Pseudis paradoxa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pseudis paradoxa, the paradoxical shrinking frog of South America, has a giant tadpole that shrinks to a smaller adult, with a skin compound studied for diabetes treatment.

Paraguayan Swimming Frog

Paraguayan Swimming Frog

Pseudis platensis Gallardo, 1961

Pseudis platensis is a Hylidae frog endemic to parts of South America, recognized as a separate species since 2007.

Uruguay harlequin frog

Uruguay harlequin frog

Lysapsus limellum Cope, 1862

Lysapsus limellum is a small frog species found across central South America that breeds year-round in wetland habitats.

Copan Stream Frog

Copan Stream Frog

Ptychohyla hypomykter McCranie & Wilson, 1993

The Copan stream frog (Ptychohyla hypomykter) is a Central American hylid frog threatened by habitat loss.

Slender Tree Frog

Slender Tree Frog

Scarthyla goinorum (Bokermann, 1962)

Scarthyla goinorum is a South American Hylidae frog found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.

Maracaibo Basin Tree Frog

Maracaibo Basin Tree Frog

Scarthyla vigilans (Solano, 1971)

Scarthyla vigilans is a small, common, adaptable nocturnal frog found in Neotropical lowlands that faces no known threats.

Yucatán Casque-headed Tree Frog

Yucatán Casque-headed Tree Frog

Triprion petasatus (Cope, 1865)

Triprion petasatus is a hylid frog species found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico across multiple habitat types.

Duck-billed Tree Frog

Duck-billed Tree Frog

Triprion spatulatus Günther, 1882

Triprion spatulatus, the spoon-shaped head frog, is a common large frog species found in lowland Mexican forests.

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