Leopard tree frog

Leopard tree frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hypsiboas
Species: H. pardalis
Binomial name
Hypsiboas pardalis
(Spix, 1824)
Synonyms

Hyla corticalis Burmeister, 1856
Hyla rubropunctata Lutz, 1973

The leopard tree frog, Hypsiboas pardalis, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, and canals and ditches.

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