Polka-dot tree frog
| Polka-dot tree frog | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Hypsiboas |
| Species: | H. punctatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsiboas punctatus (Schneider, 1799) | |
The polka-dot tree frog (Hypsiboas punctatus) is a frog species in the family Hylidae found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. In Spanish, it is known as rana punteada ("dotted frog").
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forests. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
References
- La Marca, E., Scott, N., Aquino, L., Azevedo-Ramos, C., Coloma, L.A., Ron, S., Faivovich, J., Baldo, D. & Hardy, J. 2004. Hypsiboas punctatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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