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Milky tree frog

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Species of frog

Milky tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Trachycephalus
Species: T. vermiculatus
Binomial name
Trachycephalus vermiculatus
(Cope, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Hyla vermiculatus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
  • Hyla spilomma (Cope, 1877)
  • Hyla paenulata (Brocchi, 1879)
  • Hyla nigropunctata (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Acrodytes inflata (Taylor, 1944)
  • Acrodytes spilomma (Taylor, 1944)
  • Acrodytes modesta (Taylor and Smith, 1945)
  • Phrynohyas latifasciata (Duellman, 1956)
  • Phrynohyas modesta (Duellman, 1956)
  • Phrynohyas spilomma (Duellman, 1956)
  • Phrynohyas corasterias (Shannon and Humphrey, 1957)
  • Trachycephalus "vermiculatus" (Amphibian Species of the World, 2015)

The milky tree frog is a frog population endemic to Mexico, Central America, Ecuador, and Venezuela. It might be one species of frog or it might be many. The Amphibian Species of the World uses the scientific name Trachycephalus "vermiculatus," with quotes, for all frogs that scientists once considered part of Trachycephalus typhonius but later decided were not, a placeholder taxon. Other English names for these frogs include veined tree frog, common tree frog, warty tree frog, marbled tree frog, vein-eyed glue frog, Amazon tree frog, and pepper tree frog.

Picture of a frog on a gloved hand
Trachycephalus vermiculatus

References

  1. ^ "Trachycephalus "vermiculatus" (Cope, 1877)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  2. "Trachycephalus typhonius (Linnaeus, 1758)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Trachycephalus "vermiculatus"
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