Boana diabolica

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Boana diabolica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Boana
Species:
B. diabolica
Binomial name
Boana diabolica
(Fouquet, Martinez, Zeidler, Courtois, Gaucher, Blanc, Lima, Souza, Rodrigues, and Kok, 2016)
Synonyms [1]
  • Hypsiboas diabolicus Fouquet, Martinez, Zeidler, Courtois, Gaucher, Blanc, Lima, Souza, Rodrigues, and Kok, 2016

Boana diabolica is a frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Brazil and French Guiana. [2] [1]

This frog has bright red coloration on the hidden parts of its legs and front and hind feet. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Boana diabolica (Spix, 1824)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference . American Museum of Natural History . Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  2. "Boana diabolica". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  3. Antoine Fouquet; Quentin Martinez; Lauren Zeidler; Elodie Courtois; P. Gaucher; Michel Blanc; Jucivaldo Dias Lima; Sergio Marques de Souza; Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues; Philippe J. R. Kok (2016). "Cryptic diversity in the Hypsiboas semilineatus species group (Amphibia, Anura) with the description of a new species from the eastern Guiana Shield". Zootaxa (Abstract). 4084 (1): 79–104. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4084.1.3. PMID   27394251 . Retrieved June 26, 2022.