Wright's mountain tree frog

Wright's mountain tree frog (Dryophytes wrightorum) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Mexico and the United States.[2] Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate grassland, rivers, and freshwater marshes. Dryophytes wrightorum has been regarded as a synonym of Dryophytes eximius, the mountain tree frog,[1] which is listed as the state amphibian of Arizona.[3] As presently circumscribed, Drophytes eximius is endemic to Mexico and does not occur in Arizona.[4] It is the state amphibian of Arizona.[5]

Wright's mountain tree frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dryophytes
Species:
D. wrightorum
Binomial name
Dryophytes wrightorum
(Taylor, 1939)
Synonyms
  • Hyla wrightorum Taylor, 1939

References
  1. Hammerson, Geoffrey (2004). "Hyla wrightorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Arizona Treefrog (Hyla wrightorum) - Species Profile". nas.er.usgs.gov. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. "41-859". Arizona Revised Statutes. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  4. Hammerson, G. & Canseco-Márquez, L. (2010). "Hyla eximia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  5. "State Amphibian". Arizona State Library. Archived from the original on December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2020.


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