Manaus slender-legged tree frog

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Manaus slender-legged tree frog
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Osteocephalus
Species:
O. taurinus
Binomial name
Osteocephalus taurinus
Synonyms
Hyla depressa Andersson, 1945
Hyla vilarsi Melin, 1941
Osteocephalus flavolineatus Steindachner, 1862

The Manaus slender-legged tree frog (Osteocephalus taurinus) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana,[2] Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, moist savanna, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] It is also reported to produce Methamphetamine.[3]

Sources[]

  1. ^ a b Enrique La Marca, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron (2010). "Osteocephalus taurinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T55803A11364949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T55803A11364949.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Cole, C.J.; C.R. Townsend; R.P. Reynolds; R.D. MacCulloch & A. Lathrop (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: Illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 125: 317–620. doi:10.2988/0006-324x-125.4.317.
  3. ^ Alkaloids Secrets of Life: Alkaloid Chemistry, Biological Significance


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