Boana atlantica

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Boana atlantica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Boana
Species:
B. atlantica
Binomial name
Boana atlantica
(Caramaschi & Velosa, 1996)
Synonyms
  • Hyla atlanticaCaramaschi and Velosa, 1996
  • Hypsiboas atlanticus(Caramaschi & Velosa, 1996)

Boana atlantica is a small-sized species of tree frog in the family Hylidae. [2] It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest from Pernambuco to Bahia in northeastern Brazil. It is a very abundant species inhabiting primary and secondary forest and forest edge, including degraded forest. It breeds in fish ponds, lakes and pools. It is an adaptable species but it can be locally threatened by habitat loss. [1]

In 2017, it became the second amphibian species confirmed to be fluorescent (under UV-light), only a few months after it had been discovered in the closely related polka-dot tree frog (B. punctata). [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ana Carolina Carnaval, Bruno Pimenta (2004). "Boana atlantica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T55401A11300906. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55401A11300906.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Hypsiboas atlanticus (Caramaschi and Velosa, 1996)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  3. Taboada, C.; A.E. Brunetti; C. Alexandre; M.G. Lagorio; J. Faivovich (2017). "Fluorescent Frogs: A Herpetological Perspective". South American Journal of Herpetology. 12 (1): 1–13. doi:10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00029.1. S2CID   89815080.