Osteopilus is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. These species have a bony co-ossification on the skull resulting in a casque, hence its name ‘bone-cap’, from osteo- (‘bone’) and the Greek (, ‘felt cap’). Color varies between uniform brown, brown-gray, or olive with darker markings or marbled with greens, grays or brown, making a distinct pattern. The finger disks are round; the fingers with a reduced webbing; eyes and tympanum are large. Their natural range includes the Greater Antilles (except Puerto Rico) and the Bahamas, but O. septentrionalis has also been introduced to the Lesser Antilles, Hawaii and Florida, USA.
Species Eight species are recognized in this genus:Osteopilus, Amphibian Species of the World 5.6
ImageBinomial name and author Common name O. crucialis Jamaican snoring frog or Harlan's Antilles frog O. dominicensis Hispaniolan common tree frog or Dominican tree frog O. marianae yellow bromeliad frog or Spaldings tree frog O. ocellatus Jamaican laughing frog, or Savanna-la-Mar tree frog, Brown tree frog O. pulchrilineatus Hispaniolan yellow tree frog O. septentrionalis Cuban tree frog O. vastus Hispaniolan giant tree frog O. wilderi green bromeliad frog or Wilder's tree frog
References
External links [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Osteopilus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008). taxon Osteopilus at http://www.eol.org. Taxon Osteopilus at https://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 24, 2008). Taxon Osteopilus at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm