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''Boana'' is a genus of
frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...
s in the family
Hylidae Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as "tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semiaquatic. Taxonomy and s ...
. They are commonly known as gladiator frogs, gladiator treefrogs or Wagler Neotropical treefrogs. These frogs are distributed in the tropical Central and South America from Nicaragua to Argentina, as well as in the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago). This genus was resurrected following a major revision of Hylidae when some 70 species previously placed in the genus ''
Hyla ''Hyla'' is a genus of frogs in the tree frog family Hylidae. As traditionally defined, it was a wastebasket genus with more than 300 species found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and across the Americas. After a major revision of the family most of th ...
'' were moved to this genus. Since then, many new species have also been described.


Species

As of April, 2020, there are 95 species recognised in this genus: In addition, ''
Hyla palliata ''Hyla palliata'' is a ''nomen inquirendum'' or ''nomen dubium'' that could refer to some species of ''Boana'', a genus of treefrogs. It was originally given by Edward Drinker Cope in 1863 to a specimen (holotype) collected from an unspecific lo ...
'' and ''
Hypsiboas hypselops ''Hypsiboas hypselops'' is a ''nomen dubium''. It was originally given by Edward Drinker Cope in 1871 to specimen(s) collected from Pebas District, Pebas in northeastern Peru. However, Cope did not designate Type (biology), types, and whereabout ...
'' are included here as ''
incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
''.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q580558, from2=Q39384115 Cophomantinae Amphibian genera Amphibians of the Caribbean Amphibians of Central America Amphibians of South America Taxa named by John Edward Gray