Troschel's tree frog
species of amphibian
Troschel's tree frog, the blue-flanked tree frog or white-banded tree frog (Boana calcarata) is a frog that lives in Brazil, Surinam, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, French Guiana and Guyana. Scientists have seen it as high as 700 meters above sea level.[3][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Boana |
| Species: | B. pulchella
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| Boana pulchella (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
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The adult male frog is 2.8 to 3.6 cm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 4.6 to 5.6 cm long. This frog sometimes has a black and white stripe down the side of its body. The rest of the skin of its back is usually brown but can be reddish.[1]
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shakil Huq (April 20, 2015). "Boana calcarata". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ↑ Claudia Azevedo-Ramos; Enrique La Marca; Luis A. Coloma; Santiago Ron (2010). "Troschel's Treefrog: Boana calcarata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55426A11308862. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T55426A11308862.en. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Boana calcarata (Troschel, 1848)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
