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Hyla squirella (squirrel treefrog)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae

Taxonomy
Hyla squirella was named by Bosc (1800) [in Daudin; misattributed by Chantell 1964 to Sonnini and Latreille 1801]. It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. crucifer, H. holmani, H. meridionalis, H. sarda

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1800Hyla squirella Bosc
1875Hyla squirella Cope p. 31
1964Hyla squirella Chantell p. 220

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
—Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
superfamilyHyloideaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyHylidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyHylinaeRafinesque 1815
genusHyla
speciessquirellaBosc 1800

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.

Hyla squirella Bosc 1800 [squirrel treefrog]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Hyla squirella (18284)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Hyla squirella (18450)