Sheep Frog

Sheep Frog
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Microhylinae
Genus: Hypopachus
Species: H. variolosus
Binomial name
Hypopachus variolosus
Cope, 1866

The Sheep Frog (Hypopachus variolosus) is a species of microhylid frog that is native to the Pacific and Caribbean lowlands from southern Texas to Costa Rica.[1] Sheep Frogs make a distinctive call that resembles a sheep's bleat during and after rainfall in warm months.

References

  1. ^ a b Georgina Santos-Barrera, Geoffrey Hammerson, Gerardo Chaves, Larry David Wilson, Paul Walker, Federico Bolaños (2008). "Hypopachus variolosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/57832. Retrieved 2010-04-26. 

External links

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Data related to Hypopachus variolosus at Wikispecies