Hallowell's tree frog

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Hallowell's tree frog
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyla
Species:
H. hallowellii
Binomial name
Hyla hallowellii
Thompson, 1912

Hallowell's tree frog (Hyla hallowellii) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.

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Etymology

The specific name, hallowellii, is in honor of American herpetologist Edward Hallowell. [2]

Distribution and habitat

Hyla hallowelii is endemic to Japan. [1]

The natural habitats of H. halowellii are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, irrigated land, canals, and ditches. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Hyla hallowellii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T55499A177179239. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T55499A177179239.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing Ltd. (Kindle edition).

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