Triprion

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| image = Triprion petasatus.jpg

| image_caption = Triprion petasatus

| taxon = Triprion

| authority = Cope, 1866

| type_species = Pharyngodon petasatus

| type_species_authority = Cope, 1865

| diversity_link = #Species

| diversity = 3 species

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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.{{Cite journal |last=Stuart |first=L. C. |date=1935 |title=A contribution to a knowledge of the herpetology of a portion of the savanna region of central Petn, Guatemala |url=http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/56274 |journal= |language=en |page=37}}

Species

Three species in this genus are recognized:

Triprion petasatus {{small|(Cope, 1865)}} - Yucatán shovel-headed tree frog
Triprion spatulatus {{small|Günther, 1882}} - Mexican shovel-headed tree frog
Triprion spinosus {{small|(Steindachner, 1864)}} - Spiny-headed tree frog

References

External links

{{aut|Frost, Darrel R}}. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October 2007). [http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/names.php?taxon=&family=&subfamily=&genus=Triprion&commname=&authority=&year=&geo=0&dist=&comment= Triprion]. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
{{aut|AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation.}} [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: [http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_lists_genera_&table=amphib&where-genus=Triprion&where-species= Triprion]. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
{{aut|eol - Encyclopedia of Life}} taxon [https://web.archive.org/web/20081005164411/http://www.eol.org/taxa/16203253 Triprion] at http://www.eol.org.
{{aut|ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database}} Taxon [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=207420 Triprion] at https://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008).
{{aut|GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility}} Taxon [http://data.gbif.org/species/13245214/ Triprion] at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm

Category:Amphibian genera

Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope