Bokermannohyla luctuosa

species of amphibian

The reservoir tree frog (Bokermannohyla luctuosa) is a frog that lives in Brazil.[1][2][3]

Bokermannohyla luctuosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Bokermannohyla
Species:
B. luctuosa
Binomial name
Bokermannohyla luctuosa
(Pombal and Haddad, 1993)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla luctuosa (Pombal and Haddad, 1993)
  • Bokermannohyla luctuosa (Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005)
  • Boana luctuosa (Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005)

Appearance

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This frog is large for a tree frog. It is 5.5 to 7.0 cm long from nose to rear end. It has large eyes that stick out. Its eardrums are not fully round; they are oval instead. It has disks on its toes for climbing. The skin on its back is brown and the skin on its sides and belly are creamy white. The skin on its legs can be brown with black marks. The male frogs have vocal slits on their necks.[1]

This frog lives in forests. Human beings tend to see it near bodies of water that dry up for part of the year. Human beings to see it on days when it has rained softly.[1]

Threats

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There are fewer of these frogs than there were. This is because human beings cut down the forests where they live for lumber, to build towns and farms, and to make places for animals to eat grass.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Diogo B. Provete (June 9, 2008). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Bokermannohyla luctuosa". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ulisses Caramaschi; Vanessa Verdade (2004). "Bokermannohyla luctuosa". 3.1. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55544A11330104. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55544A11330104.en. 55544. Retrieved February 21, 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Bokermannohyla luctuosa (Pombal & Haddad, 1993)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved February 21, 2022.