South American lime tree frog
| South American lime tree frog | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaenorhynchus |
| Species: | S. platycephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus (Werner, 1894) | |
The South American lime tree frog, Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. This species is only known from the unspecified type locality of South America; it cannot be related to any known population of frogs in the wild. Its natural habitats are presumed to be rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
References
- Cox, N. & Stuart, S.N. 2004. Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
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