Dendropsophus minutus
| Lesser Treefrog | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Dendropsophus |
| Species: | D. minutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendropsophus minutus (Peters, 1872) | |
The Lesser Treefrog (Dendropsophus minutus) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In Spanish it is known as ranita amarilla común.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches.
References
- Silvano, D., Azevedo-Ramos, C., La Marca, E., Coloma, L.A., Ron, S., Langone, J., Baldo, D. & Hardy, J. 2004. Dendropsophus minutus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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