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Osteopilus 
Osteopilus septentrionalis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Hylidae Subfamily: Hylinae Genus: Osteopilus
Fitzinger, 1843Species See text.
Osteocephalus is a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family. These species have a bony co-ossification on the skull resulting in a casque. Color varies between uniform brown, brown-gray, or olive with darker markings or marbled with greens, grays or brown, making a distinct pattern. The finger disks are round; the fingers with a reduced webbing; eyes and tympanum are large. Range of living includes The Greater Antilles, Jamaica, Bahama Is., and southern Florida (USA).
Species
Eight species are recognized in this genus:
Binomial Name and Author Common Name Osteopilus brunneus (Gosse, 1851) Savanna-la-Mar Treefrog Osteopilus crucialis (Harlan, 1826) Harlan's Antilles Frogs Osteopilus dominicensis (Tschudi, 1838) Dominican Treefrog Osteopilus marianae (Dunn, 1926) Spaldings Treefrog Osteopilus pulchrilineatus (Cope, 1870) Common Treefrog Osteopilus septentrionalis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) Cuban Treefrog Osteopilus vastus (Cope, 1871) Hispaniola Treefrog Osteopilus wilderi (Dunn, 1925) Wilder's Treefrog External links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Osteopilus. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Osteopilus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Osteopilus at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Osteopilus at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Osteopilus at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
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