Wikipedia / Triprion
Wikipedia / Triprion
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.
Species
Three species in this genus are recognized:
Triprion petasatus - Yucatán shovel-headed tree frog
Triprion spatulatus - Mexican shovel-headed tree frog
Triprion spinosus - Spiny-headed tree frog
References
External links
. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). . Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
[web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: . AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
taxon at http://www.eol.org.
Taxon at https://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
Taxon at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm