Triprion

Triprion
	Triprion petasatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Subfamily:	Hylinae
Genus:	Triprion; Cope, 1866
Type species
	Pharyngodon petasatus; Cope, 1865
Diversity
	3 species

Triprion is a genus of frogs (the shovel-headed tree frogs) in the family Hylidae found in the Pacific lowlands of Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula, and Guatemala. These frogs hide in tree-holes and plug the entrance with their strange-looking, bony heads.[1]

Species

Three species in this genus are recognized:

Triprion petasatus (Cope, 1865) - Yucatán shovel-headed tree frog
Triprion spatulatus Günther, 1882 - Mexican shovel-headed tree frog
Triprion spinosus (Steindachner, 1864) - Spiny-headed tree frog

References

Stuart, L. C. (1935). "A contribution to a knowledge of the herpetology of a portion of the savanna region of central Petn, Guatemala": 37. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). Triprion. 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: Triprion. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Triprion at http://www.eol.org.
ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Triprion at https://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Triprion at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm

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[1] Stuart, L. C. (1935). "A contribution to a knowledge of the herpetology of a portion of the savanna region of central Petn, Guatemala": 37. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)