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Hylidae (tree frog)
Taxonomy
Hylidae was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant. Its type is Hyla.
It was assigned to Arcifera by Cope (1875); to Arcifera by Gadow (1898); to Procoela by Kuhn (1946); to Neobatrachia by Estes (1964); to Anura by Carroll (1988); to Anuri by Holman et al. (1990); to Hyloidea by Sanchiz (1998) and Hoegg et al. (2004); to Anura by Venczel and Stiuca (2008); and to Anura by Frank and Ramus (1996) and Villa et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Arcifera by Cope (1875); to Arcifera by Gadow (1898); to Procoela by Kuhn (1946); to Neobatrachia by Estes (1964); to Anura by Carroll (1988); to Anuri by Holman et al. (1990); to Hyloidea by Sanchiz (1998) and Hoegg et al. (2004); to Anura by Venczel and Stiuca (2008); and to Anura by Frank and Ramus (1996) and Villa et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Acris, Chorophilus, Hemiphractinae, Hyla (type genus), Hylinae, Pelodryadinae, Phyllomedusinae, Proacris, Smilisca
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1815 | Hylidae Rafinesque |
| 1875 | Hylidae Cope p. 10 |
| 1898 | Hylidae Gadow p. 15 |
| 1946 | Hylidae Kuhn p. 54 |
| 1964 | Hylidae Estes p. 60 |
| 1988 | Hylidae Carroll |
| 1990 | Hylidae Holman et al. p. 524 |
| 1996 | Hylidae Frank and Ramus |
| 1998 | Hylidae Sanchiz |
| 2004 | Hylidae Hoegg et al. p. 1196 |
| 2008 | Hylidae Venczel and Stiuca p. 749 |
| 2020 | Hylidae Villa et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Hylidae Rafinesque 1815 [tree frog]
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G. Acris Dumeril and Bibron 1841 [cricket frog]
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Acris crepitans Baird 1854 [northern cricket frog]
Acris gryllus Le Conte 1825 [southern cricket frog]
G. Chorophilus Baird 1854
G. Hyla Laurenti 1768 [tree frog]
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Hyla arborea Linnaeus 1758
†Hyla baderi Lynch 1965
†Hyla barbudensis Auffenberg 1959 [tree frog]
Hyla cinerea Schneider 1799 [American green tree frog]
†Hyla europaea Noble 1928
†Hyla goini Auffenberg 1956 [tree frog]
Hyla gratiosa Le Conte 1856 [barking treefrog]
†Hyla miocenica Holman 1966
Hyla squirella Bosc 1800 [squirrel treefrog]
Hyla versicolor Le Conte 1825 [gray tree frog]
Subfm. Hylinae Rafinesque 1815
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G. Pseudacris Fitzinger 1843 [chorus frog]
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Pseudacris clarki Baird 1854 [spotted chorus frog]
†Pseudacris nordensis Chantell 1964
Pseudacris ornata Holbrook 1836 [ornate chorus frog]
Pseudacris triseriata Wied 1838 [western chorus frog]
G. Pternohyla Boulenger 1882
Subfm. Pelodryadinae Günther 1858
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G. Cyclorana Steindachner 1867
G. Litoria Tschudi 1838 [Australiasian treefrog]
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Litoria caerulea White 1790 [Australian green tree frog]
Litoria ewingi Duméril and Bibron 1841 [southern brown tree frog]
Litoria raniformis Keferstein 1867
G. Pelodryas Gunther 1858
G. Smilisca Cope 1865
Invalid names: Phyllomedusinae Günther 1858 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 70.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (135 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | Hylidae indet. (14585) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Hylidae indet., Hylidae indet. (27014) | |
| Chadronian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Hyla swanstoni (16919) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Litoria sp., Litoria caerulea (28194) | |
| MP 30 | Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) | Hyla europaea (84606) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Litoria sp. (183096) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Hylidae indet. (17963) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Proacris mintoni, Hyla goini (18597) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Colorado) | Acris sp. (17965) | |
| Barstovian | USA (South Dakota) | Hyla sp. (18303) Hyla sp., Pseudacris clarki (18397) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Texas) | Hyla miocenica (140202) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Acris crepitans, Pseudacris clarki, Pseudacris nordensis, Hyla gratiosa, Hyla squirella, Hyla cinerea (18284) Hyla indet. (18208) Hyla sp. (18031 18442) Pseudacris nordensis, Acris crepitans, Hyla cinerea, Hyla crucifer, Pseudacris clarki (18141) Pseudacris sp. (27507) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Texas) | Pseudacris ocularis, Hyla miocenica (18665) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Hyla sp. (48325) | |
| Serravallian | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Hyla sp. (58983) | |
| MN 6 - MN 7 + 8 | Hungary (Nograd) | Hyla sp. (167497 167509 167512) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Romania (Bihor) | Hyla sp. (200051) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Hungary (Heves) | Hyla arborea (168132) | |
| Sarmatian | Romania (Arad) | Hyla arborea (135812) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Kansas) | Acris sp., Hyla sp., Pseudacris clarki, Hyla gratiosa, Hyla squirella, Hyla cinerea (18450) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Acris sp., Hyla sp. (18327) | |
| Tortonian | Moldova | Hyla sp. (152254) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Adygea) | Hyla sp. (196591) | |
| MN 9 | Hungary (Heves) | Hyla arborea (168177 168187 168190 168191) | |
| MN 9 | Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) | Hyla sp. (75481) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Hyla sp. (18225) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Hyla sp. (18247 18359) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Arizona) | Hyla sp. (19610) | |
| MN 11 | Austria (Burgenland) | Hyla sp. (37789) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Athens) | Hyla sp. (207979) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Central Macedonia) | Hyla sp. (32189) | |
| MN 12 | Ukraine (Odessa) | Hyla sp. (48175) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | Hyla arborea (172910 172912 172914 172915 199860) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Ravenna) | Hyla sp. (144566) | |
| Ruscinian | Greece | Hyla arborea (31900 31907) Hyla sp., Hyla arborea (31229) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Morocco | Hyla meridionalis (32052) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy (Sardinia) | Hyla arborea (230767) | |
| MN 16 | Italy (Piedmont) | Hyla arborea (49360) | |
| Villanyian | Italy (Verona) | Hyla arborea (206747) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Hyla cinerea (20384) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Romania (Ilfov) | Hyla arborea (230700) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Croatia (Istria) | Hyla sp. (40500) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands (Limburg) | Hyla arborea (192405) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy (Tuscany) | Hyla sp. (51778) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnisos) | Hyla sp., Hyla arborea (34766) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Thüringen) | Hyla arborea (45065) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Litoria ewingi (28298) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Tennessee) | Hyla femoralis (126663) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Pennsylvania) | Hyla crucifer (126662) | |
| Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Hyla sarda (92675) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Hyla chrysoscelis, Hyla crucifer (123875) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Hyla holmani, Pseudacris streckeri, Acris crepitans (126664) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Hyla crucifer, Pseudacris triseriata (20302) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Oklahoma) | Pseudacris triseriata (20309) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Arizona) | Hyla sp. (20449) Hylidae indet., Hyla sp. (20446) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Texas) | Acris crepitans (20318 20560) Acris crepitans, Pseudacris clarki (20530) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Hyla sp. (20173 20177 20178 20190) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Acris crepitans, Hyla versicolor (20390) Pseudacris triseriata (20301 20516) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) | Hyla sp. (84938) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Hyla arborea (195119) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Palencia) | Hyla arborea (205284) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain | Hyla arborea (34926) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Norfolk) | Hyla arborea (49816) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Limousin Region) | Hyla sp. (195221) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Soria) | Hyla sp. (195563) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Colorado) | Pseudacris triseriata (20361) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Madrid) | Hyla sp. (195267) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Siracusa) | Hyla arborea (175900) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Hyla arborea (34925) | |
| Rancholabrean (glacial) | USA (California) | Hyla regilla (20624) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Hyla indet. (20491) | |
| Rancholabrean | Mexico (Sonora) | Hylidae indet. (20495) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Hylidae indet. (84885) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Hyla crucifer (13066) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | United Kingdom (Norfolk) | Hyla meridionalis (195206) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | Hyla japonica (101898) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Pseudacris sp. (123918) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Hyla crucifer (103991) Hyla sp. (82258) Hylidae indet. (124089) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Pseudacris triseriata (140702) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Hyla sp. (154722) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Kansas) | Pseudacris sp., Pseudacris triseriata (76049) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Hyla femoralis, Hyla sp. (20650) Hyla gratiosa, Hyla cinerea, Hyla baderi, Acris gryllus, Pseudacris ornata (20573) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Hyla sp. (93816) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Corse) | Hyla sarda (215362) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Hyla gratiosa (84181) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Litoria ewingi (136072) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Arrasate) | Hyla arborea (191758) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Hyla arborea (51552) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Pseudacris ornata (20604) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Kansas) | Acris sp. (20605) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (California) | Hyla sp. (236908) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Antigua and Barbuda (Barbuda) | Hyla barbudensis (155349) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (San Salvador) | Osteopilus septentrionalis (190743 190744 190745) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (New Providence Island) | Osteopilus septentrionalis (144649) | |
| Holocene | Jamaica | Hyla sp., Osteopilus brunneus (215359) | |
| Holocene | Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) | Osteopilus septentrionalis (210532 210542) | |
| Holocene | France (Corse) | Hyla sarda (215378) | |
| Holocene | Bahamas | Osteopilus septentrionalis (194591 194593 194595 194597) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Litoria ewingii, Litoria raniformis (215388 215581) |