Cayenne slender-legged tree frog

The Cayenne slender-legged tree frog (Osteocephalus leprieurii), also known as the Cayenne spiny-backed frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in northern South America.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Cayenne slender-legged tree frog
In Manú Province, Peru
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Osteocephalus
Species:
O. leprieurii
Binomial name
Osteocephalus leprieurii
(Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Osteocephalus ayarzaguenai Gorzula & Señaris, 1997 "1996"

References

  1. Cole, C.J.; C.R. Townsend; R.P. Reynolds; R.D. MacCulloch & A. Lathrop (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: Illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 125: 317–620. doi:10.2988/0006-324x-125.4.317.


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