| Smilisca | |
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| Smilisca phaeota | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Subfamily: | Hylinae |
| Genus: | Smilisca Cope, 1865 |
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The Mexican burrowing tree frog (Smilisca), also known as the cross-banded tree frog, is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae found in Mexico, southern Texas and Arizona, Central America, and northwestern South America. In a recent revision of the Hylidae, the two species of the previous genus Pternohyla were included in this genus.[1] Its name is from the Ancient Greek smiliskos (‘little knife’), referring to the pointed frontoparietal processes.[2]
| Binomial name and author | Common name |
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| S. baudinii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) | common Mexican tree frog |
| S. cyanosticta (Smith, 1953) | blue-spotted Mexican tree frog |
| S. dentata (Smith, 1957) | upland burrowing tree frog |
| S. fodiens (Boulenger, 1882) | lowland burrowing tree frog |
| S. manisorum (Taylor, 1954) | masked tree frog |
| S. phaeota (Cope, 1862) | New Granada cross-banded tree frog or masked tree frog |
| S. puma (Cope, 1885) | Nicaragua cross-banded tree frog |
| S. sila Duellman and Trueb, 1966 | Panama cross-banded tree frog |
| S. sordida (Peters, 1863) | Veragua cross-banded tree frog |
Data related to Smiliscas at Wikispecies| Smilisca |
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