:Boana

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| image = Giant Gladiator Treefrog (Hypsiboas boans) (10346389883).jpg

| image_caption = Giant gladiator treefrog (Boana boans)

| taxon = Boana

| authority = Gray, 1825

| type_species = Rana boans

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| diversity = About 90 species (see text)

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  • Hysaplesia Boie in Schlegel, 1826 (suppressed; ICZN Opinion 2223)
  • Hypsiboas Wagler, 1830
  • Auletris Wagler, 1830
  • Lobipes Fitzinger, 1843 (preocc.)
  • Hypsipsophus Fitzinger, 1843
  • Phyllobius Fitzinger, 1843 (preocc.)
  • Centrotelma Burmeister, 1856
  • Hylomedusa Burmeister, 1856
  • Cinclidium Cope, 1867
  • Cophomantis Peters, 1870
  • Cincloscopus Cope, 1871

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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).{{cite web |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Cophomantinae/Boana |title=Boana Gray, 1825 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2020 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=22 April 2020}}

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.{{cite journal|author1=Julián Faivovich |author2=Célio F.B. Haddad |author3=Paulo C.A. Garcia |author4=Darrel R. Frost |author5=Jonathan A. Campbell |author6=Ward C. Wheeler |year=2005|title=Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision|journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History|volume=294|pages=1–240|doi=10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2|hdl=2246/462 |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/462|citeseerx=10.1.1.470.2967 |s2cid=83925199 }}

Species

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

File:Boana calcarata (10.5852-ejt.2022.836.1919) Figure 2 (cropped).png]]

File:Boana cinerascens (10.5852-ejt.2022.836.1919) Figure 2 (cropped).png]]

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File:Boana joaquini.jpg]]

File:Boana multifasciata (10.5852-ejt.2022.836.1919) Figure 2 (cropped).png]]

File:Boana punctata (10.5852-ejt.2022.836.1919) Figure 2 (cropped).png]]

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

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