Boana

Short description: Genus of amphibians

Boana

Boana rosenbergi
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Amphibia
Order:  | Anura
Family:  | Hylidae
Tribe:  | Cophomantini
Genus:  | Boana
Gray, 1825
Type species
Rana boans

Linnaeus, 1758

Diversity
About 90 species (see text)
Synonyms

List

* Hysaplesia Boie in Schlegel, 1826
* Hypsiboas Wagler, 1830
* Auletris Wagler, 1830
* Lobipes Fitzinger, 1843
* Hypsipsophus Fitzinger, 1843
* Phyllobius Fitzinger, 1843
* Centrotelma Burmeister, 1856
* Hylomedusa Burmeister, 1856
* Cinclidium Cope, 1867
* Cophomantis Peters, 1870
* Cincloscopus Cope, 1871

Boana is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. They are commonly known as gladiator frogs, gladiator treefrogs or Wagler Neotropical treefrogs. These frogs are distributed in the tropical Central and South America from Nicaragua to Argentina, as well as in the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago and 1 species in Hispaniola).[1]

This genus was resurrected following a major revision of Hylidae when some 70 species previously placed in the genus Hyla were moved to this genus. Since then, many new species have also been described.[1][2]

## Species

As of April, 2020, there are 95 species recognised in this genus:[1]

In addition, Hyla palliata and Hypsiboas hypselops are included here as incertae sedis.[1]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Boana Gray, 1825". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Cophomantinae/Boana. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
2. ↑ Julián Faivovich; Célio F.B. Haddad; Paulo C.A. Garcia; Darrel R. Frost; Jonathan A. Campbell; Ward C. Wheeler (2005). "Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 294: 1–240. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF2.0.CO;2]. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/462.

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