Boana polytaenia (Cope, 1870) is a animal in the Hylidae family, order Anura, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Boana polytaenia (Cope, 1870)

Boana polytaenia (Cope, 1870)

Boana polytaenia, Cope's eastern Paraguay tree frog, is a Brazil-endemic Hylidae frog that lives in varied habitats.

Family
Genus
Boana
Order
Anura
Class
Amphibia

About Boana polytaenia (Cope, 1870)

Cope's eastern Paraguay tree frog, with the scientific name Boana polytaenia, is a species of frog belonging to the Hylidae family. This species is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats include subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, irrigated land, and canals and ditches.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Chordata › Amphibia › Anura › Hylidae › Boana

More from Hylidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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