Boana is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. 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 and 1 species in Hispaniola).
This genus was resurrected following a major revision of Hylidae when some 70 species previously placed in the genus Hyla 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:
Boana calcarata
Boana cinerascens
Boana faber
Boana joaquini
Boana multifasciata
Boana punctata
Boana aguilari (Lehr, Faivovich, and Jungfer, 2010)
Boana albomarginata (Spix, 1824) – white-edged tree frog
Boana albonigra (Nieden, 1923) – white-black tree frog
Boana albopunctata (Spix, 1824) – white-spotted tree frog
Boana alemani (Rivero, 1964) – Cagua tree frog
Boana alfaroi (Caminer and Ron, 2014)
Boana almendarizae (Caminer and Ron, 2014)
Boana appendiculata (Boulenger, 1882)
Boana atlantica (Caramaschi and Velosa, 1996)
Boana balzani (Boulenger, 1898) – Yungas tree frog
Boana bandeirantes (Caramaschi and Cruz, 2013)
Boana beckeri (Caramaschi and Cruz, 2004)
Boana benitezi (Rivero, 1961) – Benitez's tree frog
Boana bischoffi (Boulenger, 1887) – Bischoff's tree frog
Boana boans (Linnaeus, 1758) – rusty tree frog
Boana botumirim (Caramaschi, Cruz, and Nascimento, 2009)
Boana buriti (Caramaschi and Cruz, 1999)
Boana caiapo (Pinheiro, Cintra, Valdujo, Silva, Martins, Silva, and Garcia, 2018)
Boana caingua (Carrizo, 1991) – striped tree frog
Boana caipora (Antunes, Faivovich, and Haddad, 2008)
Boana calcarata (Troschel, 1848) – Troschel's tree frog or, convict tree frog
Boana callipleura (Boulenger, 1902) – Charuplaya tree frog
Boana cambui (Pinheiro, Pezzuti, Leite, Garcia, Haddad, and Faivovich, 2016)
Boana cinerascens (Spix, 1824) – Demerara Falls...
