Agalychnis

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Agalychnis
Agalychnis callidryas.jpg
Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phyllomedusidae
Genus: Agalychnis
Cope, 1864
Type species
Agalychnis callidryas
(Cope, 1862)
Synonyms [1]
  • Pachymedusa Duellman, 1968

Agalychnis is a genus of tree frogs native to forests in Mexico, Central America and northwestern South America. [1]

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Taxonomy

The following species are recognised in the genus Agalychnis: [1]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Golden-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis annae).jpg Agalychnis annae (Duellman, 1963)Blue-sided leaf frogCosta Rica and Panama
Agalychnis buckleyi.jpg Agalychnis buckleyi (Boulenger, 1882)Warty leaf frogColombia and Ecuador
Red eyed tree frog edit2.jpg Agalychnis callidryas (Cope, 1862)Red-eyed tree frogMexico, through Central America, to Colombia
Agalychnis Dacnicolor.jpg Agalychnis dacnicolor (Cope, 1864)Mexican leaf frogMexico
Agalychnis danieli (Ruiz-Carranza, Hernández-Camacho, and Rueda-Almonacid, 1988)Antioquia leaf frogColombia
Agalychnis hulli.jpg Agalychnis hulli (Duellman and Mendelson, 1995)North-eastern Peru, possibly in nearby Ecuador
Agalychnis lemur.jpg Agalychnis lemur (Boulenger, 1882)Lemur leaf frogCosta Rica, Panama and northern Colombia
Agalychnis medinae (Funkhouser, 1962)Rancho Grande leaf frogVenezuela
Agalychnis moreletii03.jpg Agalychnis moreletii (Duméril, 1853)Morelet's tree frogBelize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico
Agalychnis psilopygion.jpg Agalychnis psilopygion (Cannatella, 1980)Flecked tree frogSouthern Colombia and north-western Ecuador
Misfit leaf frog.jpg Agalychnis saltator Taylor, 1955Misfit leaf frognortheastern Honduras through Nicaragua to east-central Costa Rica
Agalychnis spurrelli.jpg Agalychnis spurrelli Boulenger, 1913Gliding leaf frogColombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama
Agalychnis taylori Funkhouser, 1957Honduras, Guatemala, and southern Mexico
Agalychnis terranova Rivera-Correa, Duarte-Cubides, Rueda-Almonacid, and Daza-R., 2013Colombia

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<i>Agalychnis buckleyi</i> Species of frog

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<i>Agalychnis hulli</i> Species of frog

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<i>Agalychnis lemur</i> Species of amphibian

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Agalychnis medinai is a species of frog in the family Phyllomedusidae. It is endemic to the central part of the Venezuelan Coastal Range. It is sometimes known as the Rancho Grande leaf frog.

<i>Agalychnis dacnicolor</i> Species of amphibian

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Phyllomedusidae Family of amphibians

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Agalychnis terranova is a frog endemic to Colombia. Scientists have seen it between 240 and 900 meters above sea level.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. "Agalychnis Cope, 1864". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved 10 April 2022.