Rio lime tree frog

Rio lime tree frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Sphaenorhynchus
Species: S. planicola
Binomial name
Sphaenorhynchus planicola
(A. Lutz & B. Lutz, 1938)

The Rio lime tree frog, Sphaenorhynchus planicola, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, pastureland, water storage areas, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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