Triprion petasatus, Yucatán shovel-headed tree frog, Yucatán casque-headed tree frog, or Yucatán casquehead tree frog is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, moist savanna, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, aquaculture ponds, and canals and ditches.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Yucatán Casque-headed Tree Frog being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Triprion spatulatus
- Charadrahyla taeniopus
- Trachycephalus jordani
- Nyctimantis brunoi
- Boophis tephraeomystax
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hylidae
- Genus
- Triprion
- Species
- Triprion petasatus
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