Lema tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Boana
Species:
B. lemai
Binomial name
Boana lemai
(Rivero, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Hypsiboas lemai (Rivero, 1971)

The Lema tree frog (Boana lemai) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Guyana,[2] Venezuela, and possibly Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests,[3] rivers, pastureland, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, aquaculture ponds, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Boana lemai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55534A61399496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55534A61399496.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Cole, C.J.; C.R. Townsend; R.P. Reynolds; R.D. MacCulloch & 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 (4): 317–620. doi:10.2988/0006-324x-125.4.317.
  3. 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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