# Dryophytes

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***Dryophytes*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of **Ameroasian tree frogs** in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Hylidae](/source/Hylidae). [Species](/source/Species) of the genus are found mostly in [North America](/source/North_America), but the genus also includes five species found in eastern [Asia](/source/Asia).[1]

## Description

*Dryophytes* consists of small tree-dwelling [frogs](/source/Frog), usually green or gray in color. They have digits ending with expanded discs which help them to stick to surfaces like trees.[1][2]

## Habitat

[Tree frogs](/source/Tree_frog) of the genus *Dryophytes* are found in [wetlands](/source/Wetland) throughout their range, as well as in [temperate forests](/source/Temperate_forest) both on the ground and in trees.[3]

## Taxonomy

The genus *Dryophytes* was first described by [Fitzinger](/source/Leopold_Fitzinger) in 1843.[4] Later it was placed into the genus *[Hyla](/source/Hyla)*, the true tree frogs, by [Boulenger](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger) in 1882.[4] [Fouquette](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Martin_J._Fouquette%2C_Jr.) and [Dubois](/source/Alain_Dubois) 2014, treated *Dryophytes* as a subgenus of *Hyla*.[4] *Dryophytes* was finally resurrected as an independent genus by [Duellman](/source/William_Edward_Duellman) et al. in 2016.[1][4][5][6]

Only geographical, rather than morphological, differences separate *Dryophytes* from the genus *Hyla*. *Hyla* is found only in the [Old World](/source/Old_World), whereas *Dryophytes* is distributed in the [New World](/source/New_World) and Asia. Most members occur in North America, but five species are found in eastern temperate Asia; *D. flaviventris*, *D. immaculatus*, *D. japonicus*, *D. leopardus*, and *D. suweonensis*.[1][7]

## Species

The genus *Dryophytes* contains 21 species.[1][3]

Binomial name and author Common name Dryophytes andersonii (Baird, 1854) Pine Barrens treefrog Dryophytes aboricola (Taylor, 1941) arboreal treefrog Dryophytes arenicolor (Cope, 1866) canyon tree frog Dryophytes avivocus (Viosca, 1928) bird-voiced treefrog Dryophytes bocourti (Mocquard, 1899) Bocourt's tree frog Dryophytes chrysoscelis (Cope, 1880) Cope's gray treefrog Dryophytes cinereus (Schneider, 1799) American green tree frog Dryophytes euphorbiaceus (Günther, 1858) southern highland tree frog Dryophytes eximius (Baird, 1854) mountain treefrog Dryophytes femoralis (Daudin, 1800) pine woods treefrog Dryophytes flaviventris (Borzée & Min, 2019) yellow-bellied treefrog Dryophytes gratiosus (LeConte, 1856) barking treefrog Dryophytes immaculatus (Boettger, 1888) spotless tree toad Dryophytes japonicus (Günther, 1859) Japanese treefrog Dryophytes leopardus Shimada & Matsui, 2025 Eastern Japanese treefrog Dryophytes plicatus (Brocchi, 1877) ridged tree frog Dryophytes squirellus (Daudin, 1800) squirrel treefrog Dryophytes suweonensis (Kuramoto, 1980) Suweon treefrog Dryophytes versicolor (LeConte, 1825) gray treefrog Dryophytes walkeri (Stuart, 1954) Walker's tree frog Dryophytes wrightorum (Taylor, 1939) Wright's mountain tree frog

## References

1. Duellman, William; Marion, Angela B.; Hedges, S. Blair (2016). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae)". *Zootaxa*. **4104** (1): 1–109. [doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1](https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4104.1.1). [PMID 27394762](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27394762)

1. Live Science Staff (July 3, 2011). ["Tree Frog's Sticky Secrets Revealed"](https://www.livescience.com/14896-tree-frog-sticky-secrets-revealed.html). *livescience.com*. Retrieved 2019-12-23.

1. ["*Dryophytes* - Genus"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/search/stats?taxonomies=112709142&searchType=species). *IUCN Red List of Threatened Species*. Retrieved 2019-12-22.

1. ["*Dryophytes* Fitzinger, 1843"](http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php//Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Dryophytes). *Amphibian Species of the World*

1. ["AmphibiaWeb - *Hyla versicolor*"](https://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Hyla&where-species=versicolor). *amphibiaweb.org*. Taxonomic Notes. Retrieved 2019-12-22.

1. ["AmphibiaWeb - Hylidae"](https://amphibiaweb.org/lists/Hylidae.shtml). *amphibiaweb.org*. Retrieved 2019-12-22.

1. Borzée, Amaël; Messenger, Kevin R.; Chae, Shinhyeok; Andersen, Desiree; Groffen, Jordy; Kim, Ye Inn; An, Junghwa; Othman, Siti N.; Ri, Kyongsin; Nam, Tu Yong; Bae, Yoonhyuk; Ren, Jin-Long; Li, Jia-Tang; Chuang, Ming-Feng; Yi, Yoonjung; Shin, Yucheol; Kwon, Taejoon; Jang, Yikweon; Min, Mi-Sook (2020). "Yellow sea mediated segregation between North East Asian *Dryophytes* species". *PLOS ONE*. **15** (6). [Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1534299B](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020PLoSO..1534299B). [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234299](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234299). [PMC 7314424](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7314424)

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