Biology:Boana ventrimaculata
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Short description: Species of frog
| Boana ventrimaculata | |
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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. ventrimaculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Boana ventrimaculata Caminer and Ron, 2020
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Boana ventrimaculata, The Yasuní tree frog, is a frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Ecuador and Brazil . Scientists have seen it between 64 and 1035 meters above sea level.[1][2]
The adult male frog is measures 44.5 to 60.7 mm long in snout-vent length and the adult female frog about 72.9 to 90.5 mm long. They live in dry or flooded forests. This frog is the color of dark or light coffee.[2]
This frog's name has the Latin word for "stain" in it, per the frog's resemblance to coffee stains.[2]
References
- ↑ "Dendropsophus ventrimaculata Caminer and Ron, 2020". 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-ventrimaculata. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Boana ventrimaculata" (in es). Amphibiaweb. March 26, 2021. https://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Boana&where-species=ventrimaculata.
Wikidata ☰ Q107198944 entry
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