Biology:Chaco tree frog

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Chaco tree frog
Hypsiboas raniceps.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Boana
Species:
B. raniceps
Binomial name
Boana raniceps
Cope, 1862
Synonyms
  • Hyla roeschmanni (DeGrys, 1938)
  • Hypsiboas raniceps Cope, 1862

The Chaco tree frog (Boana raniceps) is a frog species in the family Hylidae found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, and Venezuela.[2]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forests.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Enrique La Marca, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Débora Silvano, Norman Scott, Lucy Aquino, Julian Faivovich (2004). "Boana raniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T55622A11341908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55622A11341908.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55622/11341908. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Hypsiboas raniceps Cope, 1862". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Hypsiboas+raniceps. Retrieved 5 May 2013. 

Wikidata ☰ Q939869 entry