Pine woods tree frog

Pine woods tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dryophytes
Species:
D. femoralis
Binomial name
Dryophytes femoralis
(Daudin, 1800)
Synonyms
  • Hyla femoralis (Daudin, 1800)
  • Calamita femoralis (Merrem, 1820)
  • Auletris femoralis (Wagler, 1830)
  • Hyla femoralis femoralis (Cope, 1880)
  • Hyla femoralis (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Hyla (Dryophytes) femoralis (Fouquette and Dubois, 2014)
  • Dryophytes femoralis (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

The femoral hyla, pine woods tree frog, hyla of the pine woods, piney wood tree frog, pine tree frog, piny woods tree frog, or pine-woods tree frog (Dryophytes femoralis) is a frog that lives in the North America. It lives in the southeastern United States, from Virginia south to Florida and west to Mississippi and Louisiana.

The adult male frog is about four cm long from nose to rear end, and the adult female frog is a little longer. It is medium brown to dark brown in color, with darker spots on the back. It can have orange spots on its sides.

References

  1. 1 2 3 April Robinson (February 5, 2001). "Hyla femoralis: Pine Woods Treefrog Subgenus: Dryophytes". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  2. ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Pine Wood Treefrog: Dryophytes femoralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55481A112713840. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T55481A112713840.en. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Dryophytes femoralis (Daudin, 1800)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved December 28, 2021.