Squirrel tree frog

Squirrel tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dryophytes
Species:
D. squirellus
Binomial name
Dryophytes squirellus
(LeConte, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Hyla squirella (Daudin, 1800)
  • Calamita squirella (Merrem, 1820)
  • Hyla delitescens (LeConte, 1825)
  • Auletris squirella (Wagler, 1830)
  • Dendrohyas squirella (Tschudi, 1838)
  • Hyla flavigula (Glass, 1946)
  • Hyla goini (Auffenberg, 1956)
  • Hyla (Epedaphus) squirella (Fouquette and Dubois, 2014)
  • Dryophytes squirellus (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

The squirrel tree frog, squirrel hyla, squirrel tree toad, squirrel frog, southern tree frog, or oak tree frog (Dryophytes squirellus) is a frog that lives in the North America. It lives in the Mississippi valley, as far west as Texas, as far east as Virginia, as far south as Florida and on Bahama Island.

The adult frog is 2.3 to 3.7 cm long from nose to rear end. It can be green, gray, or brown in color. A colored mark runs between their eyes. There is a white or yellow line near the lip of the mouth.

References

  1. 1 2 3 April Robinson (February 5, 2001). "Hyla squirellus: Squirrel Treefrog Subgenus Dryophytes". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  2. ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Gray Treefrog: Dryophytes versicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55662A118978652. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T55662A118978652.en. Retrieved December 27, 2021.{{cite iucn}}: error: |page= / |url= mismatch (help)
  3. 1 2 "Dryophytes squirellus (Daudin, 1800)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved December 27, 2021.