Boana lanciformis (Cope, 1871)

Llanqui, Irbin B., Y. Salas, Cinthya & Oblitas, Melissa P., 2019, A preliminary checklist of amphibians and reptiles from the vicinity of La Nube Biological Station, Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, Peru, Check List 15 (5), pp. 773-796 : 782

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/15.5.773

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5479536

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scientific name

Boana lanciformis (Cope, 1871)
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Boana lanciformis (Cope, 1871) View in CoL

Material examined. Field observations; (13°25′20″S, 069°36′36″W), 27–28.IX.2013.

Identification. A large tree-frog, SVL 61.5–80 mm in males and 83–94 mm in females. It can be identified by a pointed snout with a white labial line. Dorsal skin smooth and light brown; venter light cream with distinctive large darker cream blotches. There are no similar tree frog species in the neighboring localities ( Duellman 1978, Rodriguez and Duellman 1994).

Distribution. Boana lanciformis is widely distributed in the Amazonian forests in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela ( Duellman 1978, de la Riva et al. 2000, Frost 2019).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Hylidae

Genus

Boana

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