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
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Boana
Species:
B. boans
Binomial name
Boana boans
Synonyms
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  • 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

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It is called ukato in the Kwaza language of Rondônia, Brazil.[3]

References

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  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.