Agalychnis

Taxobox
name = Agalychnis

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = The mainly Central American Red-eyed Tree Frog ("Agalychnis callidryas")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Lissamphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Hylidae
subfamilia = Phyllomedusinae
genus = "Agalychnis"
genus_authority = Cope, 1864

"Agalychnis" is a genus of tree frogs native to central and South America.

Taxonomy

There used to be 8 species within the "Agalychnis" genus but a recent major revision of the Hylidae family [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/462/1/B294.pdf] moved two species to the newly created genus "Cruziohyla" leaving 6 species in this genus:

Blue-Sided Leaf Frog, "Agalychnis annae" (Duellman, 1963)
Red-eyed Tree Frog, "Agalychnis callidryas" (Cope, 1862)
Pink-sided Leaf Frog, "Agalychnis litodryas" (Duellman and Trueb, 1967)
Morelet’s Leaf Frog, "Agalychnis moreletii" (Duméril, 1853)
Misfit Leaf Frog, "Agalychnis saltator" (Taylor, 1955)
Gliding Leaf Frog, "Agalychnis spurrelli" (Boulenger, 1913)