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Rosenberg's tree frog

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Rosenberg's tree frog
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Boana
Species:
B. rosenbergi
Binomial name
Boana rosenbergi
(Spix, 1824)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla rosenbergi Boulenger, 1898
  • Hypsiboas rosenbergi Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
  • Boana rosenbergi Dubois, 2017

Rosenberg's tree frog, Rosenberg's gladiator tree frog, or Rosenberg's frog (Boana rosenbergi) is a frog that lives in Costa Rica, Colombia, and Ecuador. Scientists have seen it as high as 966 meters above sea level.[3][1]

This frog builds nests. The male frogs sometimes guard the eggs after the female frog lays them. Sometimes male frogs fight each other until one of them dies.[1]

The adult male frog is 55.7 to 76 mm long from nose to rear end. The adult female frog is 57.4 to 75.5 mm long. However, most adult females are bigger than most adult males.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ambika Sopory (December 13, 2001). "Boana rosenbergi". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Rosenberg's Treefrog: Boana rosenbergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55632A3031564. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T55632A3031564.en. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Boana rosenbergi (Boulenger, 1898)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 10, 2021.