Biology:Bocourt's tree frog
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Dryophytes |
| Species: | D. bocourti
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| Dryophytes bocourti (Mocquard, 1899)
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Bocourt's tree frog (Dryophytes bocourti), or Bocourt's treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Guatemala and found on the mountains of the southern Alta Verapaz Department and Baja Verapaz Department.[1][2] It is named after Marie Firmin Bocourt, a French zoologist and artist.[3]
Bocourt's tree frogs have been found in open, grassy meadows that are flooded during the early part of the rainy season, as well as under sheaths of banana plants and in a bromeliad. They appear to tolerate some habitat disturbance. They breed in temporary pools.[1]
The species seems to have undergone a serious decline. This is attributed to pesticide pollution from the ornamental plant industry and, possibly, to chytridiomycosis.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Dryophytes bocourti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T55416A54360957. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55416A54360957.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55416/54360957. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Hyla bocourti (Mocquard, 1899)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Hyla/Hyla-bocourti. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ↑ Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (22 April 2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. pp. 25. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA25.
Wikidata ☰ Q526600 entry
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