Cuban tree frog |
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Conservation status |
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Scientific classification |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Osteopilus |
Species: | O. septentrionalis |
Binomial name |
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Osteopilus septentrionalis
(Duméril and Bibron, 1841) |
Synonyms |
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- Hyla lesueurii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828
- Hyla sueurii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1831
- Dendrohyas septentrionalis Tschudi, 1838
- Trachycephalus marmoratus Bibron in De la Sagra, 1840
- Trachycephalus marmoratus Duméril and Bibron, 1841
- Hyla septentrionalis Duméril and Bibron, 1841
- Trachycephalus insulsus Cope, 1863
- Trachycephalus wrightii Cope, 1863
- Trachycephalus septentrionalis Barbour, 1904
- Hyla microterodisca Werner, 1921
- Hyla septentrionalis septentrionalis Barbour, 1937
- Hyla dominicensis septentrionalis Mertens, 1938
- Hyla insulsa Mittleman, 1950
- Hyla dominicensis insulsa Mittleman, 1950
- Osteopilus septentrionalis Trueb and Tyler, 1974
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The Cuban tree frog, marbled tree toad, or giant tree frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) is a frog. It lives in Cuba, Isla de Pinos, the Cayman Islands, and the Bahamas. Human beings have brought it to Curacao, Anguilla, Costa Rica Saint Maarten, Saba, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Nevis, Puerto Rico, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
This frog is larger than other frogs in Hylidae. The disks on their toes are also very large. There is no webbed skin on their front feet. There is some webbed skin on their back feet. This frog is usually gray or green in color. Sometimes it is brown or light brown instead.