Black-spotted casque-headed tree frog

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Black-spotted casque-headed tree frog
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Trachycephalus
Species:
T. nigromaculatus
Binomial name
Trachycephalus nigromaculatus
Tschudi, 1838

The black-spotted casque-headed tree frog (Trachycephalus nigromaculatus) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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References

  1. Carlos Frederico da Rocha, Sergio Potsch de Carvalho-e-Silva, Monique Van Sluys (2010). "Trachycephalus nigromaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T56050A11417783. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T56050A11417783.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)