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Last update: 21 December, 2003

A genus mainly distributed in Central America and northwestern South America.

Agalychnis Cope, 1864
(Type = Hyla callidryas Cope, 1862)
Agalychnis annae (Duellman, 1963)
Phyllomedusa annae Duellman, 1963
Distribution: Costa Rica.
Agalychnis calcarifer Boulenger, 1902
Phyllomedusa calcarifer (Boulenger, 1902)
Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
Agalychnis callidryas (Cope, 1862)
Agalychnis callidryas taylori (Funkhouser, 1957)
Agalychnis helenae (Cope, 1885)
Hyla callidryas Cope, 1862
Phyllomedusa callidryas (Cope, 1862)
Phyllomedusa callidryas callidryas (Cope, 1862)
Phyllomedusa callidryas taylori Funkhouser, 1957
Phyllomedusa helenae Cope, 1885
Distribution: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama.
Agalychnis craspedopus (Funkhouser, 1957)
Phyllomedusa craspedopus Funkhouser, 1957
Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Agalychnis litodryas (Duellman & Trueb, 1967)
Phyllomedusa litodryas Duellman & Trueb, 1967
Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador and Panama.
Agalychnis moreletii (Duméril, 1853)
Agalychnis holochlora (Salvin, 1861)
Hyla holochlora Salvin, 1861
Hyla moreleti Duméril, 1853
Phyllomedusa moreleti (Duméril, 1853)
Distribution: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.
Agalychnis saltator Taylor, 1955
Phyllomedusa saltator (Taylor, 1955)
Distribution: Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Agalychnis spurrelli Boulenger, 1913
Phyllomedusa spurrelli (Boulenger, 1913)
Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama.
Literature
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