Tepui tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Boana
Species:
B. tepuiana
Binomial name
Boana tepuiana
(Barrio-Amorós and Brewer-Carias, 2008)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hypsiboas tepuianus Barrio-Amorós and Brewer-Carias, 2008

The tepui tree frog (Boana tepuiana) is a frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Brazil and Venezuela. Scientists have seen it between 420 and 1800 meters above sea level.[3][1]

The adult male frog measures 30.0–36.0 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 34.5–47.7 mm. The skin on the frog's dorsum is not granular, but the skin of the ventrum may be. The skin on the dorsum is bright yellow with some brown marks, brown with gray marks, or dark brown with yellow stripes. The toes and webbing between the toes are red-orange in color.[1]

The frog's tongue is wide and round, and it has vomerine teeth in its jaw.[1]

This frog's scientific name, tepuiana, refers to the Tepui Mountains in Venezuela, which are part of its range.[1]

Original description

  • Barrio-Amoros CL; Brewer-Carias C (2008). "Herpetological results of the 2002 expedition to Sarisarinama, a tepui in Venezuelan Guyana, with the description of five new species". Zootaxa. 1942: 1–68.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Stephanie Ung (November 10, 2009). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Boana tepuiana: Tepui tree frog, Rana tepuyana". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  2. ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2010). "Boana tepuiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T171812A6804550. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T171812A6804550.en. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Boana tepuiana (Barrio-Amorós and Brewer-Carias, 2008)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 17, 2021.


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