Bokermannohyla flavopicta

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Bokermannohyla flavopicta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Bokermannohyla
Species:
B. flavopicta
Binomial name
Bokermannohyla flavopicta
Leite, Pezzuti, and Garcia, 2012
Synonyms [1]
  • Bokermannohyla napolii Leite, Pezzuti, and Garcia, 2012

Bokermannohyla flavopicta is a frog in the family Hylidae endemic to southeastern Brazil. Scientists have seen it exclusively over 1500 meters above sea level. [1] [2]

The adult male frog measures 51.9–65.3 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 60.2–61.6 mm. The skin on the dorsum has a gray or brown background with darker brown irregular marks. It has small yellow spots on its lips, face, flanks, front and hind legs, front and hind feet, and cloacal area. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bokermannohyla flavopicta Leite, Pezzuti, and Garcia, 2012". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. "Bokermannohyla flavopicta". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  3. Leite Felipe Sá Fortes; Pezzuti Tiago Leite; de Anchietta Garcia Paulo Christiano (2012). "A New Species of the Bokermannohyla pseudopseudis Group from the Espinhaço Range, Central Bahia, Brazil (Anura: Hylidae)". Herpetologica (Abstract). 68 (3): 401–409. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-11-00006.1. ISSN   1938-5099. S2CID   86769841.