The polka-dog tree frog, fasciated frog or spotted tree frog (Boana punctata) is a frog that lives in Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Trinidad, the Guyanas, and Argentina.[3] Scientists have seen them as high as 1400 meters above sea level.[1]
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| Polka-dot tree frog |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Amphibia |
| Order: |
Anura |
| Family: |
Hylidae |
| Genus: |
Boana |
| Species: |
B. punctata |
| Binomial name |
Boana punctata
(Schneider, 1799) |
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| Synonyms[3] |
- Calamita punctatus Schneider, 1799
- Hyla punctata Daudin, 1802
- Hyla papillaris Spix, 1824
- Hyla variolosa Spix, 1824
- Hysaplesia punctata Boie in Schlegel, 1826
- Auletris variolosa Wagler, 1830
- Scinax variolosa Wagler, 1830
- Hyla spectrum Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862
- Hypsiboas (Scinax) punctata Fitzinger, 1843
- Hyla (Hyla) punctata Burmeister, 1856
- Hypsiboas punctatus Cope, 1867
- Hyla rhodoporus Günther, 1869
- Hylella pearsei Ruthven, 1922
- Hyla pearsei Dunn, 1944
- Hyla punctata rubro-lineata Lutz, 1951
- Hyla rubeola Cochran and Goin, 1970
- Hyla punctata rubrolineata Cei, 1980
- Hypsiboas punctatus Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
- Hypsiboas punctatus punctatus Brusquetti and Lavilla, 2006
- Hypsiboas punctatus rubrolineatus Brusquetti and Lavilla, 2006
- Boana punctata Dubois, 2017
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These frogs have green skin on their backs with small red spots.[1]
The adult male frog is 31 to 40 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 34.0 to 41.7 mm long. They can live in forests, canals, and farms.
