Hypsiboas hypselops

species of amphibian

Hypsiboas hypselops is a nomina inquirenda. That means it is a name that scientists could give to a species, but it is not the name of any real species right now.

Hypsiboas hypselops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Boana
Species:
H. hypselops
Binomial name
Hypsiboas hypselops

In the 1870s, Edward Drinker Cope and his team of scientists found a frog in South America. They decided to name it Hypsiboas hypselops. But they did not write down exactly where they found it. Their notes said "Pebas, Equador." Today, scientists think Cope and his team found one of the frogs in Boana but they do not know which one.[1]

References change

  1. "Boana Gray, 1825". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved January 6, 2022.