Trachycephalus Explained

Trachycephalus is a genus of frogs, commonly known as the casque-headed tree frogs, in the family Hylidae. They are found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. In a recent revision, the seven species of the genus Phrynohyas were included in this genus, and Phrynohyas is now considered a synonym of Trachycephalus.^[1] These frogs inhabit the canopies of tropical rainforests, where they breed in tree cavities, and seldom, if ever, descend to the ground.

Species

Binomial name and author	Common name
T. atlas	Bokermann's casque-headed tree frog
T. coriaceus	Surinam golden-eyed tree frog
T. cunauaru
T. dibernardoi
T. hadroceps	New River tree frog
T. helioi
T. imitatrix	Rio golden-eyed tree frog
T. jordani	Jordan's casque-headed tree frog
T. lepidus
T. macrotis	Amazonian milk frog
T. mambaiensis	Mambai casque-headed tree frog
T. mesophaeus	Porto Alegre golden-eyed tree frog
T. nigromaculatus	black-spotted casque-headed tree frog
T. quadrangulum	Chocoan milk frog
T. resinifictrix	Mission golden-eyed tree frog or Amazon milk frog
T. typhonius	veined tree frog, common milk frog
T. venezolanus	Venezuela casque-headed frog
T. "vermiculatus"	milky treefrog

External links

. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). Trachycephalus. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 25, 2008).
[web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Trachycephalus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 25, 2008).
taxon Trachycephalus at http://www.eol.org.
Taxon Trachycephalus at https://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 25, 2008).
Taxon Trachycephalus at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm

Notes and References

, 2005: Systematic Review of the Frog Family Hylidae, with Special Reference to Hylinae: Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomic Revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Num. 294, pp.1-240. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/462/1/B294.pdf.