title: Triprion
text: # Triprion
  
  Triprion is a genus of frogs (the shovel-headed tree frogs) in the family Hylidae found in the Pacific lowlands of Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula, and Guatemala. These frogs hide in tree-holes and plug the entrance with their strange-looking, bony heads.
  
  ## Species
  
  Three species in this genus are recognized:
  
  * Triprion petasatus (Cope, 1865) - Yucatán shovel-headed tree frog
  * Triprion spatulatus Günther, 1882 - Mexican shovel-headed tree frog
  * Triprion spinosus (Steindachner, 1864) - Spiny-headed tree frog
  