Hyla: Genus Hyla

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyla

The genus Hyla

The Genus Hyla is one of more than 50 genera within the family Hylidae - Tree Frogs. The Hyla genus is the only genera found outside of the New World. 

The genus used to include more than 300 species but after a revision of the family Hylidae, the genus now only contains about 36 species.

Links

For a list of species, see AmphibiaWeb

http://amphibiaweb.org/lists/Hylidae.shtml

Cite this Page: Stenstrom, J. 2010. "Hyla" (OnLine) UntamedScience. Accessed May 17, 2012 at http://www.untamedscience.com/biodiversity/animals/chordates/amphibians/frogs/tree-frogs/hyla
Stenstrom, J.
Gothenburg University/James Cook University
Created on: May 2nd, 2010
Last updated: Apr 9th, 2011

Species that exist in this taxonomy

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