Striped tree frog
For the shrub frog found in Asia, see Striped tree frog (Asia).
| Striped tree frog | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Hypsiboas |
| Species: | H. caingua |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsiboas caingua (Carrizo, 1991) | |
The striped tree frog (Hypsiboas caingua) is a frog species in the family Hylidae found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, swamps, heavily degraded former forests, and ponds. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
References
- Scott, N., Aquino, L., Kwet, A., Pavan, D., Lavilla, E. & Baldo, D. 2004. Hypsiboas caingua. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, July 23, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.