Dendropsophus minutus

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Lesser treefrog
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dendropsophus
Species:
D. minutus
Binomial name
Dendropsophus minutus
(Peters, 1872)

Dendropsophus minutus (lesser treefrog) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In Spanish it is known as ranita amarilla común.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches.

References[]

  1. ^ Débora Silvano, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Enrique La Marca, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Jose Langone, Diego Baldo, Jerry Hardy (2010). "Dendropsophus minutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T55565A11332552. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T55565A11332552.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)



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