Dryophytes

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Dryophytes
Gray Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor) (8716723960).jpg
Gray tree frog (Dryophytes versicolor)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae
Genus: Dryophytes
Fitzinger, 1843
Species

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Dryophytes is a genus of Ameroasian tree frogs in the family Hylidae. Species of the genus are found mostly in North America, but the genus also includes five species found in eastern Asia. [1]

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Description

Dryophytes consists of small tree-dwelling frogs, usually green or gray in color. They have digits ending with expanded discs which help them to stick to surfaces like trees. [1] [2]

Habitat

Tree frogs of the genus Dryophytes are found in wetlands throughout their range, as well as in temperate forests both on the ground and in trees. [3]

Taxonomy

The genus Dryophytes 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] Fouquette and Dubois 2014, treated Dryophytes as a subgenus of Hyla. [4] Dryophytes was finally resurrected as an independent genus by Duellman et al. in 2016. [1] [4] [5] [6]

Only geographical, rather than morphological, differences separate Dryophytes from the genus Hyla. Hyla is found only in the Old World, whereas Dryophytes is distributed in the New World and Asia. Most members occur in North America, but five species are found in eastern temperate Asia; D. flaviventris, D. immaculatus, D. japonica, D. leopardus, and D. suweonensis. [1] [7]

Species

The genus Dryophytes contains 21 species. [1] [3]

Pine Barrens treefrog (Dryophytes andersonii) Pine Barrens Tree Frog - Hyla andersonii, Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge, McBee, South Carolina (37037472291).jpg
Pine Barrens treefrog (Dryophytes andersonii)
American green treefrog (Dryophytes cinereus) Green treefrog.jpg
American green treefrog (Dryophytes cinereus)
Mountain treefrog, (Dryophytes eximius), Municipality of Gomez Farias, Tamaulipas, Mexico (27 May 2005). Dryophytes eximius WLF-747-1A, Municipio Gomez Farias; 27 May 2005.jpg
Mountain treefrog, (Dryophytes eximius), Municipality of Gómez Farías, Tamaulipas, Mexico (27 May 2005).
Binomial name and authorCommon name
Dryophytes andersonii(Baird, 1854) Pine Barrens treefrog
Dryophytes aboricola(Taylor, 1941) arboreal treefrog
Dryophytes arenicolor(Cope, 1866) canyon tree frog
Dryophytes avivocus(Viosca, 1928) bird-voiced treefrog
Dryophytes bocourti(Mocquard, 1899) Bocourt's tree frog
Dryophytes chrysoscelis(Cope, 1880) Cope's gray treefrog
Dryophytes cinereus(Schneider, 1799) American green tree frog
Dryophytes euphorbiaceus(Günther, 1858) southern highland tree frog
Dryophytes eximius(Baird, 1854) mountain treefrog
Dryophytes femoralis(Daudin, 1800) pine woods treefrog
Dryophytes flaviventris(Borzée & Min, 2019) yellow-bellied treefrog
Dryophytes gratiosus(LeConte, 1856) barking treefrog
Dryophytes immaculatus(Boettger, 1888) spotless tree toad
Dryophytes japonicus(Günther, 1859) Japanese treefrog
Dryophytes leopardus Shimada & Matsui, 2025
Dryophytes plicatus(Brocchi, 1877) ridged tree frog
Dryophytes squirellus(Daudin, 1800) squirrel treefrog
Dryophytes suweonensis(Kuramoto, 1980) Suweon treefrog
Dryophytes versicolor(LeConte, 1825) gray treefrog
Dryophytes walkeri(Stuart, 1954) Walker's tree frog
Dryophytes wrightorum(Taylor, 1939) Wright's mountain tree frog

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Duellman, William; Marion, Angela B.; Hedges, S. Blair (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.
  2. Live Science Staff (July 3, 2011). "Tree Frog's Sticky Secrets Revealed". livescience.com. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  3. 1 2 "Dryophytes - Genus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Dryophytes Fitzinger, 1843". Amphibian Species of the World.
  5. "AmphibiaWeb - Hyla versicolor ". amphibiaweb.org. Taxonomic Notes. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  6. "AmphibiaWeb - Hylidae". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  7. Borzée, Amaël; Messenger, Kevin R.; Chae, Shinhyeok; Andersen, Desiree; Groffen, Jordy; Kim, Ye Inn; An, Junghwa; Othman, Siti N.; Ri, Kyongsin; Nam, Tu Yong; Bae, Yoonhyuk; Ren, Jin-Long; Li, Jia-Tang; Chuang, Ming-Feng; Yi, Yoonjung; Shin, Yucheol; Kwon, Taejoon; Jang, Yikweon; Min, Mi-Sook (2020). "Yellow sea mediated segregation between North East Asian Dryophytes species". PLOS ONE. 15 (6): e0234299. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1534299B. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234299 . PMC   7314424 .