Osteopilus
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| Osteopilus | |
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| Osteopilus septentrionalis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Hylinae |
| Genus: | Osteopilus Fitzinger, 1843 |
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Osteocephalus is a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family. These species have a bony co-ossification on the skull resulting in a casque. Color varies between uniform brown, brown-gray, or olive with darker markings or marbled with greens, grays or brown, making a distinct pattern. The finger disks are round; the fingers with a reduced webbing; eyes and tympanum are large. Range of living includes The Greater Antilles, Jamaica, Bahama Is., and southern Florida (USA).
[edit] Species
Eight species are recognized in this genus:
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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| Osteopilus brunneus (Gosse, 1851) | Savanna-la-Mar Treefrog |
| Osteopilus crucialis (Harlan, 1826) | Harlan's Antilles Frogs |
| Osteopilus dominicensis (Tschudi, 1838) | Dominican Treefrog |
| Osteopilus marianae (Dunn, 1926) | Spaldings Treefrog |
| Osteopilus pulchrilineatus (Cope, 1870) | Common Treefrog |
| Osteopilus septentrionalis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) | Cuban Treefrog |
| Osteopilus vastus (Cope, 1871) | Hispaniola Treefrog |
| Osteopilus wilderi (Dunn, 1925) | Wilder's Treefrog |
[edit] External links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Osteopilus. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Osteopilus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Osteopilus at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Osteopilus at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Osteopilus at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
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