Triprion

Triprion petasatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Hylinae
Genus: Triprion
Species (3): T. petasatus – T. spatulatus – T. spinosus

Name

Triprion Cope, 1866: 127

• Type species: Pharyngodon petasatus Cope, 1865, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Pharyngodon Cope, 1865: 193 [preoccupied by Pharyngodon Diesing, 1861]
  • Type species: Pharyngodon petasatus Cope, 1865, by monotypy.

• Diaglena Cope, 1887: 12 [synonymised by Faivovich et al. (2018: 11)]
  • Type species: Triprion spatulatus Günther, 1882, by monotypy.

• Anotheca Smith, 1939: 190 [synonymised by Faivovich et al. (2018: 11)]
  • Type species: Gastrotheca coronata Stejneger, 1911, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1865. Third contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 17: 185–198.

Additional references

• Faivovich, J., Haddad, C.F.B., Garcia, P.C.A., Frost, D.R., Campbell, J.A. & Wheller, W.C. 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 294: 1–240. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/462 Reference page. 
• Faivovich, J., Pereyra, M.O., Luna, M.C., Hertz, A., Blotto, B.L., Vásquez-Almazán, C.R., McCranie, J.R., Sánchez, D.A., Baêta, D., Araujo-Vieira, K., Köhler, G., Kubicki, B., Campbell, J.A., Frost, D.R., Wheller, W.C. & Haddad, C.F.B. 2018. On the monophyly and relationships of several genera of Hylini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae), with comments on recent taxonomic changes in hylids. South American Journal of Herpetology 13(1): 1–32. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00115.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Triprion. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1 (20 February 2022). Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001

Vernacular names

English: Shovel-headed Treefrogs

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