Lowland burrowing tree frog

Lowland burrowing tree frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Smilisca
Species: S. fodiens
Binomial name
Smilisca fodiens
(Boulenger, 1882)

The lowland burrowing tree frog, Smilisca fodiens, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found in Mexico and the United States. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, and temperate desert. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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