Montevideo tree frog

The Montevideo tree frog (Boana pulchella) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in eastern, central, and northern Argentina, south-eastern Brazil, south-eastern Paraguay, and Uruguay.[2] It is a common species occurring in open habitats in forests, grasslands, and flooded savannas. Breeding takes place in permanent ponds and flooded grasslands.[1]

Montevideo tree frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Boana
Species:
B. pulchella
Binomial name
Boana pulchella
(Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Hyla agrestis Bibron in Bell, 1843
  • Hyla albovittata Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856
  • Hyla leucomelas Duméril & Bibron, 1841
  • Hyla leucotaenia Burmeister, 1861
  • Hyla mocquardi Günther, 1901
  • Hyla pulchella Duméril and Bibron, 1841
  • Hypsiboas pulchellus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)

The diet of Argentinean Boana pulchella was found to consist mostly of spiders, dipterans and, crickets. During the cold time of the year, these frogs continue to feed at high rate, instead of partly relying on their fat reserves as the sympatric Dendropsophus nanus do.[3]

References
  1. Axel Kwet; Lucy Aquino; Esteban Lavilla; Ismael di Tada (2004). "Hypsiboas pulchellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55619A11340514. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55619A11340514.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Hypsiboas pulchellus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. Antoniazzi, Carolina Elizabet; Javier Alejandro López; Marta Duré; Diego Alejandro Falico (2013). "Alimentación de dos especies de anfibios (Anura: Hylidae) en la estación de bajas temperaturas y su relación con la acumulación de energía en Santa Fe, Argentina (Feeding of two amphibian species (Anura: Hylidae) during the low temperatures season and its relationship with energy storage in Santa Fe, Argentina)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 61 (2): 875–886.
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