Boana ventrimaculata

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Boana ventrimaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Boana
Species:
B. ventrimaculata
Binomial name
Boana ventrimaculata
(Caminer and Ron, 2020)
Synonyms[1]
  • Boana ventrimaculata Caminer and Ron, 2020

The Yasuní tree frog (Boana ventrimaculata) is a frog that lives in Ecuador and Brazil. Scientists have seen it between 64 and 1035 meters above sea level.[1][2]

The adult male frog is about 44.5 to 60.7 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 72.9 to 90.5 mm long. They live in forests that can be flooded or dry. This frog is the color of dark or light coffee.[2]

This frog's name, ventrimaculata, has the Latin word for "stain" in it. This is because the frog looks like it has coffee stains on its skin.[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Dendropsophus ventrimaculata Caminer and Ron, 2020". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Julio C. Carrión (March 26, 2021). "Boana ventrimaculata" (in Spanish). Amphibiaweb. Retrieved June 11, 2021.