Cayenne slender-legged tree frog
| Cayenne slender-legged tree frog | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Osteocephalus |
| Species: | O. leprieurii |
| Binomial name | |
| Osteocephalus leprieurii (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Osteocephalus ayarzaguenai Gorzula & Señaris, 1997 "1996" | |
The Cayenne slender-legged tree frog (Osteocephalus leprieurii) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana,[1] Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ Cole, C.J., C.R. Townsend, R.P. Reynolds, R.D. MacCulloch and A. Lathrop (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: Illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125: 317–620. doi:10.2988/0006-324x-125.4.317.
- La Marca, E., Reynolds, R., Azevedo-Ramos, C., Mijares, A. & Señaris, C. 2004. Osteocephalus leprieurii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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