Horned Tree Frogs
Hemiphractus
Hemiphractus is a genus of frogs, the horned treefrogs, in the family Hemiphractidae. These overall brownish frogs have a pointed snout and a casque on the head. They are nocturnal, relatively rare and native to humid lowland and highland forests in northern South America (Amazon east as far as Tapajós, Chocó-Magdalena and northern Andes) and Panama, where typically found on the ground or at relatively low levels in vegetation.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Spix's horned treefrog
speciesHemiphractus scutatus
Sumaco Horned Treefrog
speciesHemiphractus proboscideus
Altos de Maria Horned Treefrog
speciesHemiphractus helioi
Ecuador Horned Treefrog
speciesHemiphractus bubalus
Serranía de Pirre Horned Treefrog
speciesHemiphractus kaylockae
Talamanca Horned Tree Frog
speciesHemiphractus elioti
Chagres Horned Treefrog
speciesHemiphractus panamensis
Banded Horned Treefrog
speciesHemiphractus fasciatus
Johnson's Horned Treefrog
speciesHemiphractus johnsoni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 24426.