Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini

Paulo's lime treefrog
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Sphaenorhynchus
Species:	S. pauloalvini
Binomial name
Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini Bokermann  [ fr ], 1973

Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini, or Paulo's lime treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to eastern Brazil and is known from two locations in Bahia, Itabuna (its type locality) and Una. ^{[2] [3]}

Habitat and conservation

Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini lives near on in ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss. ^[1] It has not been recorded in the area of its type locality after its original description in 1973. However, another population was discovered in Una in 2007. ^[3]

References

1. Peixoto, O.L.; Pimenta, B. (2004). "Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004 e.T56018A11409979. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56018A11409979.en .
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini Bokermann, 1973". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
3. Freitas, Marco Antonio de; Silva, Thais Figueiredo Santos; Loebmann, Daniel (1 April 2009). "Amphibia, Hylidae, Sphaenorhynchus pauloalvini Bokermann, 1973: distribution extension and rediscovery in nature". Check List. 5 (2): 200–201. doi: 10.15560/5.2.200 .