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. In some areas, it is sympatric with H. rosenbergi.^[2]

Rusty tree frog
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.^[3]

References

1. Enrique La Marca, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Luis A. Coloma, Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor, Santiago Ron, Jerry Hardy (2010). "Boana boans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T55415A11304871. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T55415A11304871.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. Lynch, John D.; Suárez-Mayorga, Ángela M. (2001). "The Distributions of the Gladiator Frogs (Hyla Boans Group) in Colombia, with Comments on Size Variation and Sympatry". Caldasia. 23 (2): 491–507. ISSN 0366-5232. JSTOR 43406034.
3. Manso, Laura Vicuña Pereira. 2013. Dicionário da língua Kwazá. M.A. dissertation. Guajará-Mirim: Federal University of Rondônia.