Adult Female, 200′, Sinaloa, Mexico
Same as above
SINALOA SHOVEL-HEADED TREEFROG
Triprion spatulatus – Gunther 1882
Triprion spatulatus spatulatus – Gunther 1882
IDENTIFICATION:
DISTRIBUTION:
This frog is found in coastal and foothill regions of central Sinaloa (and probably extreme west-central Durango) south to the vicinity of the Nayarit border, Mexico.
HABITAT:
Habitat, 250′, Sinaloa, Mexico
NATURAL HISTORY:
TAXONOMY:
T. spatulatus contains one subspecies (reticulatus); however, it [...]
YUCATAN CASQUE-HEADED TREEFROG
Triprion petasatus – Cope 1865
IDENTIFICATION:
DISTRIBUTION:
Triprion petasatus occurs throughout the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, Belize and northern Guatemala. Elevational distribution from sea level to 740 m.
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NATURAL HISTORY:
TAXONOMY:
Cope described the genus Triprion in 1866; it currently contains two species (petasatus and spatulatus).
TYPE:
Described as Pharyngodon petasatus by Cope (1865). Holotype: USNM 12287. Type [...]
Adult Male, 150′, Oaxaca, Mexico
Adult Male, 800′, Colima, Mexico
Calling Male at Temporary Pond, 150′, Oaxaca, Mexico
RETICULATED SHOVEL-HEADED TREEFROG
Triprion spatulatus – Gunther 1882
Triprion spatulatus reticulatus – Taylor 1942
IDENTIFICATION:
DISTRIBUTION:
Triprion spatulatus reticulatus is found from northern Nayarit, south along the coastal lowlands of the Pacific to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec of Oaxaca, Mexico. It also ranges through the [...]