Family Hylidae Rafinesque 1815 (tree frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Hylidae

Parent taxon: Hyloidea according to S. Hoegg et al. 2004

See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Estes 1964, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gadow 1898, Holman et al. 1990, Kuhn 1946, Sanchiz 1998, Venczel and Stiuca 2008 and Villa et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Beelzebufo, Leptodactylidae, Myobatrachidae, Pelodryadidae

Subtaxa: Acris Chorophilus Hemiphractinae Hyla Hylinae Pelodryadinae Phyllomedusinae Proacris Smilisca

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Type: Hyla

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), the Bahamas (8), Cayman Islands (2), Croatia (1), France (4), Germany (1), Greece (1), Italy (4), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), Romania (1), Spain (7), the United Kingdom (4), United States (38: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)

• Villafranchian of Italy (1)

• MN 16 of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Armenia (1), Greece (3), Italy (1), Morocco (1)

• Turolian of Greece (2)

• Hemphillian of United States (4: Arizona, Nebraska)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Germany (1), Hungary (9), Italy (6), Moldova (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1), Ukraine (1), United States (17: Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan)

• Cretaceous of India (1), United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 134 collections including 166 occurrences

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