Agalychnis
| Agalychnis | |
|---|---|
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| Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Lissamphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Phyllomedusinae |
| Genus: | Agalychnis Cope, 1864 |
Agalychnis is a genus of tree frogs native to forests in Mexico, Central America and northwestern South America.
Taxonomy
Eight species were placed within the genus Agalychnis, but a recent major revision of the family Hylidae moved two species to the newly created genus Cruziohyla, leaving six species in this genus:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agalychnis annae (Duellman, 1963) | Blue-sided leaf frog | Costa Rica and Panama. | |
 | Agalychnis callidryas (Cope, 1862) | Red-eyed tree frog | Mexico, through Central America, to Colombia. |
 | Agalychnis litodryas (Duellman and Trueb, 1967) | Pink-sided leaf frog | Ecuador, Panama, and possibly Colombia |
 | Agalychnis moreletii (Duméril, 1853) | Morelet's tree frog | Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico |
 | Agalychnis saltator (Taylor, 1955) | Misfit leaf frog | northeastern Honduras through Nicaragua to east-central Costa Rica |
| Agalychnis spurrelli (Boulenger, 1913) | Gliding leaf frog | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama | |
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