Dryophytes is a genus of Ameroasian tree frogs in the family Hylidae. They are found mostly in North America, but the genus also includes three species found in eastern Asia.[1]
Description
Dryophytes consists of small tree-dwelling frogs, usually green or gray in color. They have digits ending with expanded discs to help them sick to surfaces like trees.[1][2]
Habitat
These tree frogs are found in wetlands throughout their range, as well as in temperate forests both on the ground and in trees.[3]
Taxonomy
The genus was first described by Fitzinger in 1843.[4] Later it was placed into the genus Hyla, the true tree frogs, by Boulenger in 1882.[4] Fouquette and Dubois 2014, treated Dryophytes as a subgenus of Hyla.[4] Dryophytes was finally resurrected as an independent genus by Duellman et al. in 2016.[1][4][5][6]
Only geographical, rather than morphological, differences separates Dryophytes from the genus Hyla. Hyla is found only in the Old World, whereas Dryophytes is distributed in the New World. Most members occur in North America, but four species are found in eastern temperate Asia; D. immaculata, D. japonica, D. flaviventris and D. suweonensis.[1][7]
Species
The genus Dryophytes contains 20 species.[1][8]
Pine Barrens treefrog (
Dryophytes andersonii)
American green treefrog (
Dryophytes cinereus)
Mountain Treefrog, (
Dryophytes eximius), Municipality of Gómez Farías, Tamaulipas, Mexico (27 May 2005).
Binomial name and author Common name
Dryophytes andersonii (Baird 1854) Pine Barrens treefrog Dryophytes aboricola (Taylor, 1941) Arboreal treefrog Dryophytes arenicolor (Cope, 1866) Canyon tree frog Dryophytes avivocus (Viosca, 1928) Bird-voiced treefrog Dryophytes bocourti (Mocquard, 1899) Bocourt's tree frog Dryophytes chrysoscelis (Cope, 1880) Cope's gray treefrog Dryophytes cinereus (Schneider, 1799) American green tree frog Dryophytes euphorbiaceus (Günther, 1858) Southern highland tree frog Dryophytes eximius (Baird 1854) Mountain treefrog Dryophytes femoralis (Daudin, 1800) Pine woods treefrog Dryophytes flaviventris (Borzée and Min, 2019) Yellow-bellied treefrog Dryophytes gratiosus (LeConte, 1856) Barking treefrog Dryophytes immaculatus (Boettger, 1888) Spotless tree toad Dryophytes japonicus (Günther, 1859) Japanese treefrog Dryophytes plicatus (Brocchi, 1877) Ridged tree frog Dryophytes squirellus (Daudin, 1800) Squirrel treefrog Dryophytes suweonensis (Kuramoto, 1980) Suweon treefrog Dryophytes versicolor (LeConte, 1825) Gray treefrog Dryophytes walkeri (Stuart, 1954) Walker's tree frog Dryophytes wrightorum (Taylor, 1939) Wright's mountain tree frog References
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^ a b c d e Duellman, William; et al. (19 April 2016). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae)". Zootaxa. 4104 (1): 1–109. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1. PMID 27394762.
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^ Live Science Staff (July 3, 2011). "Tree Frog's Sticky Secrets Revealed". livescience.com. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
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^ "Dryophytes - Genus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
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^ a b c d "Dryophytes Fitzinger, 1843". Amphibian Species of the World.
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^ "AmphibiaWeb - Hyla versicolor". amphibiaweb.org. Taxonomic Notes. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
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^ "AmphibiaWeb - Hylidae". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
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^ Borzée, A; Messenger, K; Chae, S; Andersen, D; Groffen, J; Kim, Y; An, J; Othman, S; Ri, K; Nam, T; Bae, Y; Ren, J; Li, J; Chuang, M; Yi, Y; Shin, Y; Kwon, S; Jang, Y; Min, N (2020). "Yellow sea mediated segregation between North East Asian Dryophytes species". PLOS ONE. 15 (6): e0234299. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1534299B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234299.
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^ "Dryophytes - Genus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
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