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Agalychnis
The mainly Central American Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
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Agalychnis

Cope, 1864

Agalychnis is a genus of tree frogs native to central and South America.

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 Leaf Frog, Agalychnis moreletii (Duméril, 1853)
Misfit Leaf Frog, Agalychnis saltator (Taylor, 1955)
Gliding Leaf Frog, Agalychnis spurrelli (Boulenger, 1913)