Sphaenorhynchus lacteus
The Orinoco lime tree frog, orange frog, or ghost frog (Sphaenorhynchus lacteus) is a frog. It lives in Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil.[3][1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaenorhynchus |
| Species: | S. lacteus
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| Sphaenorhynchus lacteus (Daudin, 1800)
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The adult male frog is 25.5-41.5 mm long fron nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 38.4-45.7 mm long. The skin on the back is smooth; it does not have bumps or warts. The skin on the back is green. Its eyes are yellow. The pupil of the eye makes a line side to side. There is a stripe of color from each eye down to the nose. The belly is white. Parts of the legs are blue.[1]
The adult female frog lays her eggs in the water or on leaves in the water.[1]
The largest tadpoles are 54.6 mm long, with the tail. The tadpoles are purple in color with yellow eyes. Parts of the sides of the tadpoles' bodies are silver or gold in color.[1]
Sometimes human beings keep these frogs as pets.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 John Cavagnaro (April 22, 2013). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Sphaenorhynchus lacteus". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Enrique La Marca; Claudia Azevedo-Ramos; Luis A. Coloma; Santiago Ron; Jerry Hardy (2010). "Orinoco Treefrog: Sphaenorhynchus lacteus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T56015A11409132. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T56015A11409132.en. 56015. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Sphaenorhynchus lacteus (Smith and Noonan, 2001)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
