Chaco tree frog
| Chaco tree frog | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Hypsiboas |
| Species: | H. raniceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsiboas raniceps Cope, 1862 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hyla roeschmanni DeGrys, 1938 | |
The Chaco tree frog (Hypsiboas raniceps) is a frog species in the family Hylidae found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, and Venezuela.[2] In Spanish, it is known as rana arborea meridional ("southern tree frog").[1]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forests.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 La Marca, E., Azevedo-Ramos, C., Silvano, D., Scott, N., Aquino, L. & Faivovich, J. (2004). "Hypsiboas raniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Hypsiboas raniceps Cope, 1862". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
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