Boana bischoffi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Hylidae
Subfamilia: Cophomantinae
Genus: Boana
Species: Boana bischoffi

Name

Boana bischoffi (Boulenger, 1887)

Type locality: "Mundo Novo, [Taquara,] Rio Grande do Sul", Brazil.

Holotype: Syntypes - BM 1947.2.12.81-82 (formerly 88.11.30.7-8).

Description

Copy by Boulenger, 1887

Toungue circular, entire, and slightly free behind. Vomerine teeth in strong, scarcely interrupted, transverse series, on a line with the hinder edge of choanae, which are of moderate size and large than the Eustachian tubes. Head rather large, rather strongly depressed, slightly broader than long; Snout rounder, as long as the diameter of orbit; canthus rostalis angular; loreal region very oblique, concave; nostril nearer the end of the snout than eye; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tympanus very distinct, half the diameter of the eye. Finger one-fourth webbed; a distinct rudiment of the eye. Finger one-fourth webbed; a very slight fold along the inner edge of the tarsus. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches halfway between the eye and the end of the snout. Skin smooth above; belly and lower surface of thighs with large; throat with smaller, granules. Greyish or pale brown above, wich or without large brown spots and a brown line along the middle of the head and anterior half of body; a dark brown band from the end of the snout to above the shoulder, passing through the nostril and the eye and over the tympanum; a dark brown line borders the upper and the lower lip; a dark brown streak along the outer side of tibia; hinder side of thighslight, wich vertical black bars; lower surfaces white. From snout with vertical black bars; lower suface white. From snout to vent 55 mm.

Synonyms

Hyla bischoffi Boulenger, 1887
Hyla vittigera Werner, 1894
Hyla multilineata Lutz and Lutz, 1939
Hyla bischoffi bischoffi — Cochran, 1955
Hyla bischoffi multilineata — Cochran, 1955
Hypsiboas bischoffi — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005
Boana bischoffi — Wiens, Fetzner, Parkinson, and Reeder, 2005

References

Boulenger, 1887, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 20: 298.
Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 87
Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Boana bischoffi . Accessed on 13 Apr 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Boana bischoffi (Least Concern) Downloaded on 13 April 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Bischoff's Treefrog