The Mexican burrowing tree frog (Smilisca), also known as the cross-banded tree frog, is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae found in Mexico, southern Texas and Arizona, Central America, and northwestern South America. In a recent revision of the Hylidae, the two species of the previous genus Pternohyla were included in this genus.[1] Its name is from the Ancient Greek (‘little knife’), referring to the pointed frontoparietal processes.[2]
| Binomial name and author | Common name |
|---|---|
| S. baudinii | common Mexican tree frog |
| S. cyanosticta | blue-spotted Mexican tree frog |
| S. dentata | upland burrowing tree frog |
| S. fodiens | lowland burrowing tree frog |
| masked tree frog | |
| S. phaeota | New Granada cross-banded tree frog or masked tree frog |
| S. puma | Nicaragua cross-banded tree frog |
| S. sila | Panama cross-banded tree frog |
| S. sordida | Veragua cross-banded tree frog |