Bokermannohyla juiju

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Bokermannohyla juiju
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Bokermannohyla
Species:
B. juiju
Binomial name
Bokermannohyla juiju
Faivovich, Lugli, Lourenço & Haddad, 2009

Bokermannohyla juiju is a frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Bahia, Brazil. [1] [2]

This frog has a more slender body than other frogs in its species group and lacks the dark transverse bars on its limbs. It is the first frog in the genus Bokermannohyla to be reported to have a mental gland. [3]

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References

  1. "Bokermannohyla juiju". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  2. "Bokermannohyla capra Faivovich, Lugli, Lourenço & Haddad, 2009". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  3. Julián Faivovich; Luciana Lugli; Ana Carolina Calijorne Lourenço; Celio Haddad (2009). "A New Species of the Bokermannohyla martinsi Group from Central Bahia, Brazil with Comments on Bokermannohyla (Anura: Hylidae)". Herpetologica (Abstract). 65 (3): 303–310. doi:10.1655/0018-0831-65.3.303. hdl: 11336/103230 . S2CID   85596675 . Retrieved July 5, 2022.