Triprion

Triprion or shovel-headed tree frogs is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae.  They live in Mexico and Guatemala.  They live on the Pacific side of the mountains (west side), the Yucatán Peninsula, and Guatemala. These frogs hide in tree-holes and put their bony heads against the opening of the hole to close it.

Species
Scientists say there are three species in this genus:
 Triprion petasatus  - Yucatán shovel-headed tree frog
 Triprion spatulatus  - Mexican shovel-headed tree frog
 Triprion spinosus  - Spiny-headed tree frog

Other websites
 . 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). Triprion. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
  [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Triprion. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
  taxon Triprion at http://www.eol.org.
  Taxon Triprion at https://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
  Taxon Triprion at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm 

Category:Frogs of North America