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Hypsiboas bischoffi

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Hylinae
Tribus: Cophomantini
Genus: Hypsiboas
Species: Hypsiboas bischoffi

Name

Hypsiboas bischoffi (Boulenger, 1887)

Type locality: "Mundo Novo, [Taquara,] Rio Grande do Sul", Brazil.

Holotype: Syntypes - BM 1947.2.12.81-82 (formerly 88.11.30.7-8).

Synonyms

* Hyla bischoffi Boulenger, 1887
* Hyla vittigera Werner, 1894
* Hyla multilineata Lutz and Lutz, 1939
* Hyla bischoffi bischoffi — Cochran, 1955
* Hyla bischoffi multilineata — Cochran, 1955
* Hypsiboas bischoffi — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
* Boana bischoffi — Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005

References

* Boulenger, 1887, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 20: 298.
* Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 87
* Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Hypsiboas bischoffi . Accessed on 13 Apr 2008.
* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Hypsiboas bischoffi (Least Concern) Downloaded on 13 April 2008.

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Bischoff's Treefrog

Hypsiboas bischoffi is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Garcia, P. & Kwet, A. 2004. Hypsiboas bischoffi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.

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