Triprion
Sign in to saveTriprion is a genus of frogs (the shovel-headed tree frogs) in the family Hylidae found in the Pacific lowlands of Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula, and Guatemala. These frogs hide in tree-holes and plug the entrance with their strange-looking, bony heads.
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It sits within the topics Amphibian genera, Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope and Taxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Hylinae
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Triprion is a genus of frogs (the shovel-headed tree frogs) in the family Hylidae found in the Pacific lowlands of Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula, and Guatemala. These frogs hide in tree-holes and plug the entrance with their strange-looking, bony heads.
==Species== Three species in this genus are recognized: Triprion petasatus - Yucatán shovel-headed tree frog Triprion spatulatus - Mexican shovel-headed tree frog Triprion spinosus - Spiny-headed tree frog
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