Lagoa Santa tree frog

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Lagoa Santa tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dendropsophus
Species:
D. rubicundulus
Binomial name
Dendropsophus rubicundulus
(Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla rubicundula (Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862)
  • Hyla rubicundula (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Hyla elongata (Lutz, 1925)
  • Dendropsophus rubicundulus (Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005)

The Lagoa Santa tree frog (Dendropsophus rubicundulus) is a frog that lives in Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay.[3][1]

The adult male frog is 18 to 23 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 21 to 25 mm long from nose to rear end. This frog has a dark green or dark brown pattern on its skin. It has discs on its toes for climbing. The disks are reddish in color.[1]

This frog lives in places with few trees. It lives near temporary or permanent bodies of water, such as ponds and rice fields. The tadpoles live on the bottom of the body of water.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Diogo B. Provete (September 12, 2008). "Dendropsophus rubicundulus". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  2. Guarino Colli; Steffen Reichle; Débora Silvano (2004). "Dendropsophus rubicundulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55634A11345176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55634A11345176.en. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Dendropsophus rubicundulus (Cruz, Caramaschi, and Dias, 2000)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved May 2, 2021.