Rusty tree frog

The rusty tree frog (Boana boans), also known as the giant gladiator treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in South America and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

Rusty tree frog
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Boana
Species:	B. boans
Binomial name
Boana boans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
List Rana boans Linnaeus, 1758 Rana maxima Laurenti, 1768 Rana palmata Lacépède, 1788 Rana palmata Bonnaterre, 1789 Calamita maximus Schneider, 1799 Calamita boans Schneider, 1799 Hyla boans Daudin, 1800 Hyla palmata Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801 Hyla maxima Oken, 1816 Calamita palmatus Merrem, 1820 Hypsiboas palmata Wagler, 1830 Hypsiboas palmatus Tschudi, 1838 Lobipes palmata Fitzinger, 1843 Cinclidium granulatum Cope, 1867 Hyla lactea Lönnberg, 1896 Hyla daudini Lutz, 1973 Hypsiboas boans Faivovich et al'., 2005

Names

It is called ukato in the Kwaza language of Rondônia, Brazil.[2]

References

1. La Marca, E., Azevedo-Ramos, C., Coloma, L.A., Solís, F., Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C., Fuenmayor, Q., Ron, S. & Hardy, J. 2004. Hypsiboas boans. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
2. Manso, Laura Vicuña Pereira. 2013. Dicionário da língua Kwazá. M.A. dissertation. Guajará-Mirim: Federal University of Rondônia.