Palmar tree frog

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Palmar tree frog
File:Frog Boana pellucens.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Boana
Species:
B. pellucens
Binomial name
Boana pellucens
(Werner, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Hyla guibei Cochran & Goin, 1970
  • Hyla pulicaria Werner, 1901
  • Hypsiboas pellucens (Werner, 1901)

The palmar tree frog (Boana pellucens) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, swamps, freshwater marshes, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, and ponds.

File:Chocoan parrot snake (Leptophis ahaetulla ssp. bocourti) eating juvenile palmar tree frog (Boana pellucens).jpg
Juvenile being preyed on by Leptophis bocourti

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Boana pellucens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T55593A61401130. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T55593A61401130.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.