Trachycephalus

Trachycephalus is a genus of frogs. People call them casque-headed tree frogs. They are in the family Hylidae. They live in Mexico, Central America, and South America. Scientists looked at the genuses of tree frogs and decided that the seven species of frogs in the genus Phrynohyas should be in Trachycephalus instead. They also said that Phrynohyas is a synonym of (another name for) Trachycephalus., 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.  . These frogs live in the high tree branches of tropical rainforests. They lay eggs in holes in trees.  They almost never go 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   T. mambaiensis    T. mesophaeus   Porto Alegre golden-eyed tree frog T. nigromaculatus   Black-spotted casque-headed tree frog T. quadrangulum    T. resinifictrix   Mission golden-eyed tree frog or Amazon milk frog T. typhonius   Veined tree frog T. venezolanus   Venezuela Casque-headed Frog T. "vermiculatus"   Milky Treefrog

References

Other websites
 . 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 

Category:Frogs of South America
Category:Frogs of North America