Chiasmocleis bicegoi

Chiasmocleis bicegoi, the Cecilia humming frog or Santa Cecilia humming frog, is a frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Scientists have only collected it with certainty from its type locality, but they believe it to be more widespread.[1][2]

Chiasmocleis bicegoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Genus: Chiasmocleis
Species:
C. bicegoi
Binomial name
Chiasmocleis bicegoi
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
Synonyms[1]
  • Chiasmocleis (Chiasmocleis) bicegoi de Sá, Tonini, van Huss, Long, Cuddy, Forlani, Peloso, Zaher, and Haddad, 2018

Scientists used to consider this frog part of Chiasmocleis albopunctata, but it was placed in its own taxon in 2018.[1]

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