Burmeister's tree frog
| Burmeister's tree frog | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Hypsiboas |
| Species: | H. prasinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsiboas prasinus (Burmeister, 1856) | |
Burmeister's tree frog, Hypsiboas prasinus, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Kwet, A. & Garcia, P. 2004. Hypsiboas prasinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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