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Hylidae  Rafinesque, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173497

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Pseudidae Fitzinger, 1843
  
    Hylinae Rafinesque, 1815
  
    Acridinae Mivart, 1869
  
    Lophyohylinae Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926
  
    Scinaxinae Duellman, Marion and Hedges, 2016
  
    Cophomantinae Hoffman, 1878
  
    Pseudinae Fitzinger, 1843
  
    Dendropsophinae Fitzinger, 1843
  
  Common Name(s): Hylids [English]
  
    New World Tree Frogs [English]
  
    Treefrogs [English]
  
    hylidés [French]
  
    hylidés arboricoles [French]
  
    Hylid Frogs [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAmphibia  – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians  
                         OrderAnura  – Frogs, perereca, rã, sapo, crapauds, grenouilles, Toads  
                            FamilyHylidae Rafinesque, 1815 – Hylids, New World Tree Frogs, Treefrogs, hylidés, hylidés arboricoles, Hylid Frogs  
    Direct Children:  
                               Genus Acris Duméril and Bibron, 1841 – Cricket Frogs 
                               Genus Aplastodiscus Lutz, 1950  
                               Genus Atlantihyla Faivovich, Pereyra, Luna, Hertz, Blotto, Vásquez-Almazán, McCranie, Sánchez, Baêta et al., 2018  
                               Genus Boana Gray, 1825  
                               Genus Bokermannohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell and Wheeler, 2005  
                               Genus Bromeliohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell and Wheeler, 2005  
                               Genus Charadrahyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell and Wheeler, 2005  
                               Genus Corythomantis Boulenger, 1896  
                               Genus Dendropsophus Fitzinger, 1843  
                               Genus Dryaderces Jungfer, Faivovich, Padial, Castroviejo-Fisher, Lyra, Berneck, Iglesias, Kok et al., 2013  
                               Genus Dryophytes Fitzinger, 1843  
                               Genus Duellmanohyla Campbell and Smith, 1992  
                               Genus Ecnomiohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell and Wheeler, 2005  
                               Genus Exerodonta Brocchi, 1879  
                               Genus Hyla Laurenti, 1768 – Treefrogs, Holarctic Treefrogs 
                               Genus Hyloscirtus Peters, 1882  
                               Genus Isthmohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell and Wheeler, 2005  
                               Genus Itapotihyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell and Wheeler, 2005  
                               Genus Julianus Duellman, Marion and Hedges, 2016  
                               Genus Megastomatohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell and Wheeler, 2005  
                               Genus Myersiohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell and Wheeler, 2005  
                               Genus Nesorohyla Pinheiro, Kok, Noonan, Means, Haddad and Faivovich, 2018  
                               Genus Nyctimantis Boulenger, 1882  
                               Genus Ololygon Fitzinger, 1843  
                               Genus Osteocephalus Steindachner, 1862  
                               Genus Osteopilus Fitzinger, 1843 – West Indian Treefrogs 
                               Genus Phyllodytes Wagler, 1830  
                               Genus Phytotriades Jowers, Downieb and Cohen, 2009  
                               Genus Plectrohyla Brocchi, 1877  
                               Genus Pseudacris Fitzinger, 1843 – Chorus Frogs, Spring Peepers 
                               Genus Pseudis Wagler, 1830  
                               Genus Ptychohyla Taylor, 1944  
                               Genus Quilticohyla Faivovich, Pereyra, Luna, Hertz, Blotto, Vásquez-Almazán, McCranie, Sánchez, Baêta et al., 2018  
                               Genus Rheohyla Duellman, Marion and Hedges, 2016  
                               Genus Sarcohyla Duellman, Marion and Hedges, 2016  
                               Genus Scarthyla Duellman and de Sá, 1988  
                               Genus Scinax Wagler, 1830 – Snouted Treefrogs 
                               Genus Smilisca Cope, 1865 – Smiliscas, Mexican treefrogs 
                               Genus Sphaenorhynchus Tschudi, 1838  
                               Genus Tepuihyla Ayarzagüena, Señaris and Gorzula, 1993  
                               Genus Tlalocohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell and Wheeler, 2005  
                               Genus Trachycephalus Tschudi, 1838  
                               Genus Triprion Cope, 1866  
                               Genus Xenohyla Izecksohn, 1998  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Hylidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: hylidés[French], hylidés arboricoles [French]   
       
  Source: Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 2025-09-15, database (version 6.2)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2025. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2 (15 September, 2025). lectronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Hylidae   
       
  Source: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Hylidae   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Hylidae   
       
  Source: Duellman In Parker, 1982, database (version 1)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hylidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hylidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hylidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hylidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Frost, Darrel R.  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher: Electronic manuscript supplied by compiler   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hylidae   
       

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