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Hylidae
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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 semiaquatic.
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Hylidae is a family of amphibians within the order Anura and class Amphibia. The taxon, described by Rafinesque in 1815, belongs to the phylum Chordata and kingdom Animalia. Its parent taxa include Anura and Hyloidea. The family has been present since the Paleocene, with a start time of about 71 million years ago. The common name for the group is løvfrosker.
The range of Hylidae includes North America, South America, Europe, and North Africa. The habitat is freshwater. The taxon status is accepted. Records exist in institutions such as ENCB-IPN, FHSM, YPM, NCSM, and MADUG-UG, with occurrences documented in Mexico, the United States, Estados Unidos De America, Brazil, and Guyana.
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Species
Hylidae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyHylidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,406
- With media
- 44
- Family
- Hylidae
- Collections
- ENCB-IPN, FHSM, YPM, NCSM, MADUG-UG, CAS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Estados Unidos De America, Brazil, Guyana, Ecuador
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- Commons category
- Hylidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Hylidae
- taxon name
- Hylidae
- start time
- 70600000-0
- taxon common name
- løvfrosker
- taxon range
- Oceania
- temporal range start
- Paleocene
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy and systematics
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Behaviour and ecology
- Breeding
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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 semiaquatic.
== Taxonomy and systematics== The earliest known fossils that can be assigned to this family are from the Cretaceous of India and the state of Wyoming in the United States.
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