Hyla

The genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 Hyla is one of approximately 38 genera in the New World

New World

The New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, specifically America and sometimes Oceania . The term originated in the late 15th century, when America had been recently discovered by European explorers, expanding the geographical horizon of the people of the European middle...

 family of tree frog

Tree frog

Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as "tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semi-aquatic.-Characteristics:...

s (Hylidae). The word Hyla translates to "tree," and tree frogs are indeed arboreal. They have a very broad distribution; species can be found in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

, Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

, Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

, and across the Americas

Americas

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There were more than 300 described species in this genus, but after a major revision of the Hylidae family most of these have been moved to new genera so the genus now only contains 33 species".

Species

Binomial name		Hyla andersonii	Pine Barrens Tree Frog
Hyla annectans Hyla annectans Hyla annectans is a species of tree frog found in southwestern and central China, northeast India , northern Myanmar, extreme northern Thailand and Viet Nam. It probably occurs more widely than current records suggest in Southeast Asia, especially in areas between known sites...	Jerdon's Tree Frog
Hyla arborea	European Tree Frog
Hyla arboricola Hyla arboricola Hyla arboricola is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and intermittent freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
Hyla arenicolor Hyla arenicolor The Canyon Tree Frog is a species of tree frog native to the rocky plateau areas of southern United States, primarily in the states of New Mexico and Arizona, but it also ranges to neighboring states of Utah, Texas and Colorado, and as far south as the Mexican states of Michoacán, México,...	Canyon Tree Frog
Hyla avivoca	Bird-voiced Tree Frog
Hyla bocourti Hyla bocourti Hyla bocourti is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to Guatemala.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and intermittent freshwater marshes....	Bocourt's Tree Frog
Hyla chinensis Hyla chinensis Hyla chinensis is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is found in China and Taiwan.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, arable land, and irrigated land....	Common Chinese Tree Frog
Hyla chrysoscelis Hyla chrysoscelis The Cope's Grey Tree Frog is a species of tree frog which is found in the United States. It is almost indistinguishable from the Grey Tree Frog, Hyla versicolor, and shares much of its geographic range. Both species are variable in color, mottled gray to gray-green, resembling the bark of trees...	Cope's Gray Tree Frog
Hyla cinerea	American Green Tree Frog
Hyla ebraccata	Hourglass Tree Frog
Hyla euphorbiacea Hyla euphorbiacea Hyla euphorbiacea is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, intermittent rivers, and intermittent freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:*...	Southern Highland Tree Frog
Hyla eximia Hyla eximia Hyla eximia is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater...	Mountain Tree Frog
Hyla femoralis Hyla femoralis Hyla femoralis is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.-References:...	Pine Woods Tree Frog
Hyla gratiosa Hyla gratiosa The barking tree frog is a tree frog, 5 to 7 centimeters long, and variable in color but easily recognizable due to the characteristic dark round markings on its dorsum. Individuals may be bright or dull green, brown, yellowish, or gray in color. It has prominent round toe pads and the male has a...	Barking Tree Frog
Hyla hallowellii Hyla hallowellii Hyla hallowellii is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes,...	Hallowell's Tree Frog
Hyla heinzsteinitzi	Mamilla Pool Tree Frog
Hyla immaculata Hyla immaculata Hyla immaculata is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to China.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, temperate grassland, rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, rural gardens,...	Spotless Tree Toad
Hyla intermedia	Italian Tree Frog
Hyla japonica	Japanese Tree Frog
Hyla meridionalis Hyla meridionalis Hyla meridionalis is a species of frog.It resembles the common tree frog , but is larger , has longer hindlegs, and the flank stripe only reaches to the front legs...	Mediterranean Tree Frog
Hyla plicata	Ridged Tree Frog
Hyla sanchiangensis Hyla sanchiangensis Hyla sanchiangensis is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to China.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, and irrigated land.It is...	San Chiang Tree Frog
Hyla sarda	Sardinian Tree Frog
Hyla savignyi Hyla savignyi Hyla savignyi is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kurdistan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen...	Middle East Tree Frog
Hyla simplex Hyla simplex Hyla simplex is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is found in China, Vietnam, and possibly Laos.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, freshwater marshes, intermittent...	Annam Tree Frog
Hyla squirella Hyla squirella The Squirrel Treefrog is a small species of tree frog found in the southeastern United States, from Texas to Virginia.- Description :...	Squirrel Tree Frog
Hyla stepheni	Northeast China Tree Toad
Hyla suweonensis	Suweon Tree Frog
Hyla tsinlingensis Hyla tsinlingensis Hyla tsinlingensis is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to China.Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, and irrigated land....	Shensi Tree Frog
Hyla versicolor	Gray Tree Frog
Hyla walkeri Hyla walkeri Hyla walkeri is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is found in Guatemala and Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and intermittent freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat...	Walker's Tree Frog
Hyla wrightorum Hyla wrightorum Hyla wrightorum is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is found in Mexico and the United States.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate grassland, rivers, and freshwater marshes.-References:...	Wright’s Mountain Tree Frog
Hyla zhaopingensis Hyla zhaopingensis Hyla zhaopingensis is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to China.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, arable land, plantations , rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, ponds,...

"Hyla" group

Faivovich et al. could not assign these species to a current genus, so they allocated these species to the non-taxon "Hyla". Further work is needed to organize them.

Binomial name		Hyla alboguttata Hyla alboguttata Hyla alboguttata is a species of frog in the Hylidae family, also known as the Whitebelly Treefrog. This frog is found in Ecuador and possibly Colombia and Peru....	Whitebelly Treefrog
Hyla antoniiochoai
Hyla helenae Hyla helenae Hyla helenae is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to Guyana.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches.-Source:...	Helena's Treefrog
Hyla imitator Hyla imitator Hyla imitator is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches.-Source:...	Mimic Treefrog
Hyla inframaculata Hyla inframaculata Hyla inframaculata is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches.-Source:...	Santarem Treefrog
Hyla warreni Hyla warreni Hyla warreni is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is found in Guyana, possibly Brazil, and possibly Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches....	Warren's Treefrog

External links

. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Hyla. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 21, 2008). [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Hyla. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 21, 2008). taxon Hyla at http://www.eol.org.