Bahia lime tree frog

Bahia lime tree frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Sphaenorhynchus
Species: S. bromelicola
Binomial name
Sphaenorhynchus bromelicola
Bokermann, 1966

The Bahia lime tree frog, Sphaenorhynchus bromelicola, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family, endemic to Bahia, Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded former forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is similar to Sphaenorhynchus orophilus.


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