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Scientific Name: Osteopilus septentrionalis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
- TSN: 173538

Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Vernacular name(s): Cuban Treefrog [English]


Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing: valid

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Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met
Taxonomic Hierarchy

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 Kingdom Animalia-- animals
   Phylum Chordata-- chordates
    Subphylum Vertebrata-- vertebrates
      Class Amphibia-- Amphibians
       Subclass Lissamphibia
         Superorder Salientia
          Order Anura-- Frogs, Toads
              Family Hylidae-- Hylid Frogs, Hylids
               Subfamily Hylinae
                  Genus Osteopilus-- West Indian Treefrogs
                      Species Osteopilus septentrionalis-- Cuban Treefrog
                      
                      

References
Expert(s):Roy W. McDiarmid: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center



Other sources: Source: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference database (version 3.0); (Frost, Darrel R. 2004. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 3.0 (22 August, 2004). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA)
Source: NODC Taxonomic Code database (version 8.0)



References: Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2004. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004).     Comments: As-yet (2004) unpublished manuscript from 1998
Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Jonathan A. Campbell, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed. 2000. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding. Herpetological Circular, no. 29. iv + 82. ISBN: 0-916984-54-0.
Frost, Darrel R. 1997. Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. Electronic manuscript supplied by compiler. New York, New York, U.S.A..
Geographic Information
Geographic Information:CaribbeanNorth AmericaOceania

Jurisdiction:Caribbean Territories, IntroducedContinental US, IntroducedHawaii, Introduced
Comments
Comments:Herrick Brown - ITIS Data Development Technician Banks et al. (2004) note: The population of Osteopilus septentrionalis, introduced to Hawaii, has been extirpated
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