Hyla microcephela

Yellow Treefrog

Cope, 1886

Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Hylinae

Description

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Call

Distribution

Southeastern Mexico, Central America, northeastern South America.

Habitat & Ecology

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Reproduction

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Conservation

Status: Not Listed, but habitat destruction threatens amphibians worldwide.

Other Comments

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References

Villa, J., Wilson, L.D., & J.D. Johnson 1988 Middle American Herpetology. Univ. of Missouri Press, 131 pp.
Frank, N., & E. Ramus 1996 A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. NG Publishing, 337 pp

Other Available References from Amphibian Species of the World

Hyla microcephala Cope, 1886, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 23: 281. Syntypes: USNM 13473 (2 specimens), now lost. Type locality: "Chiriqui", Panama (see comment under Dendrobates maculatus).
Hyla cherrei Cope, 1894, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 34: 195. Holotype: unknown. Type locality: Alajuela, Costa Rica. Synonymy by Savage and Heyer, 1970, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 16: 17. Type locality discussed by Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22(1): 71-122.
Hyla microcephala Boulenger, 1898, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1898: 481. Not of Cope, 1886. Syntypes: BM 1947.2.23.28-39. Type locality: "Bebedero, [Province of Guanacaste,] Costa Rica". Type locality discussed by Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22(1): 71-122. Homonym of Hyla microcephala Cope, 1886. Synonymy by Savage and Heyer, 1969, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 16(1): 1-127.
Hyla underwoodi Boulenger, 1899, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7)3: 277, or Boulenger, 1899 "1898", Zool. Rec., 35: 27. Replacement name for Hyla microcephala Boulenger, 1898, a junior homonym of Hyla microcephala Cope, 1886.
Hyla cherrii--Günther, 1901, Biol. Cent. Am., Rept. Batr: 264. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Hyla misera Werner, 1903, Zool. Anz., 26: 252. Holotype: MHRN 4549. Type locality: "Caracas, Venezuela". Synonym by Fouquette, 1968, Herpetologica, 24: 324.
Hyla microcephala martini Smith, 1951, Herpetologica, 7: 187. Holotype: UIMNH 20965. Type locality: "Encarnación, Campeche", Mexico. Synonymy by Duellman and Fouquette, 1968, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 17: 529.
Hyla microcephala underwoodi--Duellman and Fouquette, 1968, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 17: 529.
Hyla microcephala misera--Fouquette, 1968, Herpetologica, 24: 324.
Hyla microcephala Cope, 1886, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 23: 281. Syntypes: USNM 13473 (2 specimens), now lost. Type locality: "Chiriqui", Panama (see comment under Dendrobates maculatus).
Hyla cherrei Cope, 1894, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 34: 195. Holotype: unknown. Type locality: Alajuela, Costa Rica. Synonymy by Savage and Heyer, 1970, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 16: 17. Type locality discussed by Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22(1): 71-122.
Hyla microcephala Boulenger, 1898, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1898: 481. Not of Cope, 1886. Syntypes: BM 1947.2.23.28-39. Type locality: "Bebedero, [Province of Guanacaste,] Costa Rica". Type locality discussed by Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22(1): 71-122. Homonym of Hyla microcephala Cope, 1886. Synonymy by Savage and Heyer, 1969, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 16(1): 1-127.
Hyla underwoodi Boulenger, 1899, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7)3: 277, or Boulenger, 1899 "1898", Zool. Rec., 35: 27. Replacement name for Hyla microcephala Boulenger, 1898, a junior homonym of Hyla microcephala Cope, 1886.
Hyla cherrii--Günther, 1901, Biol. Cent. Am., Rept. Batr: 264. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Hyla misera Werner, 1903, Zool. Anz., 26: 252. Holotype: MHRN 4549. Type locality: "Caracas, Venezuela". Synonym by Fouquette, 1968, Herpetologica, 24: 324.
Hyla microcephala martini Smith, 1951, Herpetologica, 7: 187. Holotype: UIMNH 20965. Type locality: "Encarnación, Campeche", Mexico. Synonymy by Duellman and Fouquette, 1968, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 17: 529.
Hyla microcephala underwoodi--Duellman and Fouquette, 1968, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 17: 529.
Hyla microcephala misera--Fouquette, 1968, Herpetologica, 24: 324.
Duellman, 1970, Monogr. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 1: 211
Lutz, 1973, Brazil. Species Hyla: 214; and
Duellman, 1974, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 27: 9, who recognized five subspecies.