Biology:Boana curupi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Boana |
| Species: | B. curupi
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| Binomial name | |
| Boana curupi (Garcia, Faivovich, and Haddad, 2007)
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Boana curupi, the yellow-spotted tree frog, fasciated frog or spotted tree frog, is a frog endemic to Paraguay, Brazil , and Argentina . Scientists have seen it between 300 and 700 m (980 and 2,300 ft) above sea level.[2][3]
The adult male frog measures 29 to 43.4 mm (1.14 to 1.71 in) in snout-vent length, and the adult female frog 41.3 to 47 mm (1.63 to 1.85 in). This frog has two sets of five vomerine teeth.[3]
This frog is dark coffee-brown in color with darker patches and a white stripe on its lip. It is lighter at the throat. Its bones are green and the iris of its eye is gold.[3]
The frog's name comes from "Curupi," also called "Curipira" or "Kurupira," a creature from folklore that protects the forest and the living things in it.[3]
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Boana curupi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T136096A101436063. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136096/101436063. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Boana curupi (Garcia, Faivovich, and Haddad, 2007)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference (American Museum of Natural History). https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Cophomantinae/Boana/Boana-curupi. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Henry Zhu. "Boana curupi". in Kellie Whittaker. Amphibiaweb. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/7070.
Wikidata ☰ Q3144369 entry
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