Lema tree frog

Lema tree frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hypsiboas
Species: H. lemai
Binomial name
Hypsiboas lemai
(Rivero, 1971)

The Lema tree frog, Hypsiboas lemai, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found in Guyana,[1] Venezuela, and possibly Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests,[2] rivers, pastureland, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, aquaculture ponds, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Cole, C.J., C.R. Townsend, R.P. Reynolds, R.D. MacCulloch and A. Lathrop (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: Illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 125: 317–620. doi:10.2988/0006-324x-125.4.317.
  2. MacCulloch RD & A Lathrop (2005). "Hylid frogs from Mount Ayanganna, Guyana: new species, redescriptions and distributional records". Phyllomedusa. 4: 17–37. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v4i1p17-37.


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