Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as "tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semiaquatic.
Dendropsophus is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. They are distributed in Central and South America, from southern Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay. They are sometimes known under the common name Fitzinger neotropical treefrogs or yellow treefrogs
Dendropsophus anceps is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to the lowlands of southeastern Brazil. Its natural habitats are open, stagnant water bodies (swamps), including man-made pools. There are no significant threats to this very common species.
Dendropsophus bifurcus is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in the upper Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Dendropsophus bifurcus is an abundant and widespread species that inhabits bushes in open forest and clearings. It breeds in permanent and temporary shallow ponds. Eggs are laid out of the water on leaves whereas the tadpoles develop in the water.
Dendropsophus columbianus is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to the Andes of Colombia. Dendropsophus columbianus is a common and adaptable species that lives in disturbed areas that formerly supported cloud forests; it has not been found in closed forests. It is typically associated with open habitats, especially those with some waterbodies.
Dendropsophus ebraccatus, also known as the hourglass treefrog or pantless treefrog, is a neotropical treefrog, found scattered throughout Central and South America from southern Mexico to northern Ecuador. The common names of D. ebraccatus come from the dark hourglass shaped pattern found in the centre of the back and the distinct smooth yellow thighs that contrast the rest of the brazenly patterned body. The contrasting of the smooth yellow thighs from the rest of the bodies pattern provide the illusion that D. ebraccatus is not wearing pants. The name ebraccata in Latin means "without trousers". D. ebraccatus has a number of unique reproductive features, such as the ability to alter rates of hatching shared in a number of Anura families. D. ebraccatus is also unique in its ability to alter its mode of reproduction as it is the only known vertebrate to be able to do so.
Dendropsophus molitor is a species of frog in the family Hylidae, known commonly as the green dotted treefrog. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.
Dendropsophus leucophyllatus is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in the Amazon Basin . This widespread and locally common species is found near water in a wide variety of tropical habitats. There are no known significant threats to this species.
Dendropsophus microcephalus is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in southeastern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, the Guianas, and northern Brazil. This widespread species might actually be a species complex. Its common names include yellow treefrog, small-headed treefrog, and yellow cricket treefrog.
Dendropsophus minutus is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Bangladesh, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In Spanish it is known as ranita amarilla común.
Dendropsophus nanus is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.
Dendropsophus parviceps is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in the Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Dendropsophus parviceps is a locally common species with no known threats. These frogs are found on the leaves and branches in primary and secondary tropical rainforest, but also in open spaces close to forests. It is found in moist habitats. It breeds in temporary bodies of water. Eggs are laid in water where the tadpoles develop.
Dendropsophus phlebodes, the San Carlos treefrog or San Carlos dwarf treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in western Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, but it may also occur in disturbed habitats. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Dendropsophus rhodopeplus is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in the upper Amazon Basin in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Dendropsophus sarayacuensis is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.
Dendropsophus sartori is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Mexico and occurs on the Pacific slopes of southwestern Mexico in Jalisco, Guerrero, and Oaxaca. Its natural habitats are lowland dry tropical forests. It breeds during the rainy season when it is commonly found in temporary ponds. It is a common species but its habitat is being lost.
Dendropsophus stingi is a species of frogs in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Colombia and occurs on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Oriental in the Boyacá Department. The species was named after celebrity musician Sting in recognition of his "commitment and efforts to save the rain forest". Despite this, common name Kaplan's Garagoa treefrog has been coined for it.
Dendropsophus triangulum is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in the upper Amazon Basin in Bolivia, western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
The Bailey's treefrog is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to southern Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.
