Squirrel tree frog

The squirrel tree frog, squirrel hyla, squirrel tree toad, squirrel frog, southern tree frog, or oak tree frog (Dryophytes squirellus) is a frog that lives in the North America. It lives in the Mississippi valley, as far west as Texas, as far east as Virginia, as far south as Florida and on Bahama Island.[3][1]

Squirrel tree frog
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Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dryophytes
Species:
D. squirellus
Binomial name
Dryophytes squirellus
(LeConte, 1825)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla squirella (Daudin, 1800)
  • Calamita squirella (Merrem, 1820)
  • Hyla delitescens (LeConte, 1825)
  • Auletris squirella (Wagler, 1830)
  • Dendrohyas squirella (Tschudi, 1838)
  • Hyla flavigula (Glass, 1946)
  • Hyla goini (Auffenberg, 1956)
  • Hyla (Epedaphus) squirella (Fouquette and Dubois, 2014)
  • Dryophytes squirellus (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

The adult frog is 2.3 to 3.7 cm long from nose to rear end. It can be green, gray, or brown in color. A colored mark runs between their eyes. There is a white or yellow line near the lip of the mouth.[1]

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