Triprion
genus of amphibians
Triprion or shovel-headed tree frogs is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. They live in Mexico and Guatemala. They live on the Pacific side of the mountains (west side), the Yucatán Peninsula, and Guatemala. These frogs hide in tree-holes and put their bony heads against the opening of the hole to close it.
| Triprion | |
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| Triprion petasatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Hylinae |
| Genus: | Triprion Cope, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Pharyngodon petasatus Cope, 1865
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| Diversity | |
| 3 species | |
Species
changeScientists say there are three species in this genus:
- Triprion petasatus (Cope, 1865) - Yucatán shovel-headed tree frog
- Triprion spatulatus (Günther, 1882) - Mexican shovel-headed tree frog
- Triprion spinosus (Steindachner, 1864) - Spiny-headed tree frog
Other websites
change- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). Triprion. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Triprion. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Triprion at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Triprion at https://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Triprion at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm Archived 2008-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
