Boana ventrimaculata

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

Boana ventrimaculata, the Yasuní tree frog, is a frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Ecuador and Brazil. Scientists have seen it between 64 and 1035 meters above sea level.[1][2]

The adult male frog is measures 44.5 to 60.7 mm long in snout-vent length and the adult female frog about 72.9 to 90.5 mm long. They live in dry or flooded forests. This frog is the color of dark or light coffee.[2]

This frog's name has the Latin word for "stain" in it, per the frog's resemblance to coffee stains.[2]

References

  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. ^ a b c Julio C. Carrión (March 26, 2021). "Boana ventrimaculata" (in Spanish). Amphibiaweb. Retrieved June 11, 2021.


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