Schultze's stream frog | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Ptychohyla |
Species: | P. leonhardschultzei |
Binomial name | |
Ptychohyla leonhardschultzei (Ahl, 1934) | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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