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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
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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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
Subfm. Hylinae Rafinesque 1815
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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]
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