Agalychnis
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Agalychnis is a genus of tree frog
Tree frog
Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as "tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semi-aquatic.-Characteristics:...

s native to forests in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...

 and northwestern South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

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Taxonomy

There used to be 8 species within the Agalychnis genus but a recent major revision of the Hylidae family http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/462/1/B294.pdf moved two species to the newly created genus Cruziohyla
Cruziohyla
Cruziohyla is a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family. This genus was erected in 2005 following a major revision of the Hylidae family . The two species in this genus were previously placed in the Agalychnis genus but were first highlighted as being separate in 2003...

leaving 6 species in this genus:

Blue-Sided Leaf Frog
Blue-sided Leaf Frog
Agalychnis annae is an endangered tree frog of the Hylidae family native to Costa Rica and Panama.-Habitat:The Blue-sided Leaf Frog is often found in tropical rainforests in Costa Rica and Panama....

, Agalychnis annae (Duellman, 1963)

Red-eyed Tree Frog
Agalychnis callidryas
The Red-eyed Treefrog is an arboreal hylid native to Neotropical rainforests in Central America.- Description :...

, Agalychnis callidryas (Cope, 1862)

Pink-sided Leaf Frog, Agalychnis litodryas (Duellman and Trueb, 1967)

Morelet's Treefrog
Morelet's Treefrog
Morelet's Tree Frog is a species of tree frog of family Hylidae. It belongs to the leaf frog subfamily , and is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico...

, Agalychnis moreletii (Duméril, 1853)

Misfit Leaf Frog, Agalychnis saltator (Taylor, 1955)

Gliding Leaf Frog, Agalychnis spurrelli (Boulenger, 1913)
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