Hyla barbudensis Auffenberg 1959 (tree frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Hylidae

Full reference: W. Auffenberg. 1959. A small fossil herpetofauna from Barbuda, Leeward Islands, with the description of a new species of Hyla. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 21(3):248-254

Belongs to Hyla according to W. Auffenberg 1959

Sister taxa: Hyla arborea, Hyla baderi, Hyla cinerea, Hyla europaea, Hyla goini, Hyla gratiosa, Hyla miocenica, Hyla squirella, Hyla versicolor

Type specimen: UF 2752 (right ilium). Its type locality is Barbuda Cave 1, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene cave horizon in Antigua and Barbuda.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Barbuda Cave 1

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