Aplastodiscus albosignatus

species of amphibian

Lutz's tree frog or the bocaina tree frog (Aplastodiscus albosignatus) is a frog. It lives in Brazil.[2][3][1]

Aplastodiscus albosignatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Aplastodiscus
Species:
A. albosignatus
Binomial name
Aplastodiscus albosignatus
(Lutz and Lutz, 1938)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hyla albosignata Lutz and Lutz, 1938
  • Hyla callipygia Cruz and Peixoto, 1985
  • Aplastodiscus callipygius Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
  • Aplastodiscus albosignatus Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
  • Boana albosignata Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005
  • Boana callipygia Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005

The adult frog is 40 – 51 mm long from nose to rear end. The skin of the frog's back is green in color. Its bones and muscles are green too.[3]

The tadpoles live at the bottom of the body of water.[3]

There are fewer of this frog than there were. Human beings cut down the forests where the frogs live. They take trees for wood to build things and to make towns.[3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz; Ana Maria Telles; Sergio Potsch de Carvalho-e-Silva (2004). "Aplastodiscus albosignatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55380A11287680. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55380A11287680.en. 55380. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Aplastodiscus albosignatus (Lutz and Lutz, 1938)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Diogo B. Provete (January 13, 2017). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Aplastodiscus albosignatus (Lutz and Lutz, 1938) Bocaina Tree Frog, perereca-verde". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 18, 2022.