Phylum

Chordata

 

Subphylum

Vertebrata

 

Class

Amphibia

 

Subclass

Lissamphibia

 

Species Order

Anura

 

Species Suborder

Neobatrachia

 

Family

Hylidae

 

SubFamily

Hylinae

 

Genus

Hyla

 

Species

squirella

 

Subspecies

N/A

 

Authority

Bosc, 1800

 

ITIS-TSN

173504

 

Taxonomy Comments

The species name squirella may refer to the remotely similar calls of squirrels and squirrel treefrogs *4206*.

 

References for Taxonomy

Ref.Id	Citation
1024	Parker, S.P. (Ed.), 1982, Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, 1232 pp pgs., McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, NY
2582	Wright, A.H., Wright, A.A., 1949, Handbook of frogs and toads of the United State and Canada, 640 pgs., Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, N.Y
4206	Mitchell, J., Pague, C., 1991, Amphibians and reptiles of Virginia -in preparation.
11614	Crother, B.I., John J. Moriarty (Ed.), 2000, Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in our Understanding, Herpetological Circular, Num. 29, 82 pgs., Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles