Agalychnis
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| Agalychnis | |
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| Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Lissamphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Phyllomedusinae |
| Genus: | Agalychnis Cope, 1864 |
Agalychnis is a genus of tree frogs native to forests in Mexico, Central America and northwestern South America.
[edit] Taxonomy
There used to be 8 species within the Agalychnis genus but a recent major revision of the Hylidae family [1] moved two species to the newly created genus Cruziohyla leaving 6 species in this genus:
Blue-Sided Leaf Frog, Agalychnis annae (Duellman, 1963)
Red-eyed Tree Frog, Agalychnis callidryas (Cope, 1862)
Pink-sided Leaf Frog, Agalychnis litodryas (Duellman and Trueb, 1967)
Morelet's Treefrog, Agalychnis moreletii (Duméril, 1853)
Misfit Leaf Frog, Agalychnis saltator (Taylor, 1955)
Gliding Leaf Frog, Agalychnis spurrelli (Boulenger, 1913)
[edit] External links
Data related to Agalychnis at Wikispecies 
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