Boana diabolica

Boana diabolica is a frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Brazil and French Guiana.[2][1]

Boana diabolica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Boana
Species:
B. diabolica
Binomial name
Boana diabolica
(Fouquet, Martinez, Zeidler, Courtois, Gaucher, Blanc, Lima, Souza, Rodrigues, and Kok, 2016)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hypsiboas diabolicus Fouquet, Martinez, Zeidler, Courtois, Gaucher, Blanc, Lima, Souza, Rodrigues, and Kok, 2016

This frog has bright red coloration on the hidden parts of its legs and front and hind feet.[3]

References

  1. "Boana diabolica (Spix, 1824)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  2. "Boana diabolica". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  3. Antoine Fouquet; Quentin Martinez; Lauren Zeidler; Elodie Courtois; P. Gaucher; Michel Blanc; Jucivaldo Dias Lima; Sergio Marques de Souza; Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues; Philippe J. R. Kok (2016). "Cryptic diversity in the Hypsiboas semilineatus species group (Amphibia, Anura) with the description of a new species from the eastern Guiana Shield". Zootaxa (Abstract). 4084 (1): 79–104. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4084.1.3. PMID 27394251. Retrieved June 26, 2022.


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