Boana maculateralis
Boana maculateralis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Boana |
Species: | B. maculateralis
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Binomial name | |
Boana maculateralis (Caminer and Ron, 2014)
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The stained tree frog (Boana maculateralis) is a frog that lives in Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru. Scientists have seen it between 186 and 354 meters above sea level.[1][2]
The adult male frog is 31.9 to 39.2 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 32.0 to 55.3 mm long. It has light skin with darker marks and blue on its sides.[2]
This frog is sympatric with Boana calcarata, Boana alfaroi, Boana calcarata and maybe Boana tetete. This means that all these frogs came from the same ancestor frog species, and they became different species even though they all lived in the same place the whole time.[2]
This frog hides during the day and looks for food at night. It lives in forests. Scientists have seen it sitting on plants 2 meters above the ground.[2]
The Latin name of this frog means "stains on its sides."[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Boana albopunctata (Caminer and Ron, 2014)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Diego A. Ortiz; Santiago R. Ron (August 1, 2014). "Boana maculateralis" (in Spanish). Amphibiaweb. Retrieved August 28, 2021.