Osteopilus

Osteopilus
Osteopilus
Osteopilus septentrionalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae
Genus: Osteopilus
Fitzinger, 1843
Species

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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

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