Rana Geografica

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Rana Geografica
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Hylidae Genus: Hypsiboas Species: H. geographicus
Binomial name
Hypsiboas geographicus (Spix, 1824)

The Rana Geografica (Hypsiboas geographicus) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, plantations , rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and aquaculture ponds.

[edit] Source

• Azevedo-Ramos, C., La Marca, E., Coloma, L.A., Ron, S. & Hardy, J. 2004. Hypsiboas geographicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.