Boana punctata (Schneider, 1799) is a animal in the Hylidae family, order Anura, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Boana punctata (Schneider, 1799)

Boana punctata (Schneider, 1799)

Boana punctata is a small South American and Caribbean hylid tree frog that occupies diverse habitats and is not considered threatened.

Family
Genus
Boana
Order
Anura
Class
Amphibia

About Boana punctata (Schneider, 1799)

Boana punctata, commonly called the polka-dot tree frog or dotted tree frog, is a frog species belonging to the family Hylidae. This species occurs across much of South America, and is also found in Trinidad and Tobago. It is a fairly small frog, with a snout-to-vent length of approximately 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 in). Its natural habitats include subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forests. The IUCN does not consider this species to be threatened.

Photo: (c) Andrés Felipe Aponte, all rights reserved, uploaded by Andrés Felipe Aponte

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Amphibia Anura Hylidae Boana

More from Hylidae

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

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