Brazilian slender-legged tree frog
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| Brazilian slender-legged tree frog | |
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| Conservation status | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Osteocephalus |
| Species: | O. subtilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Osteocephalus subtilis (Martins and Cardoso, 1987)
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The Brazilian slender-legged tree frog (Osteocephalus subtilis) is a frog in the family Hylidae. It lives in Brazil and Colombia. Scientists think it may also live in Peru.[3][1][2]
Scientists saw this frog sitting on plants 1-2 m above the ground.[4]
This frog is brown in color with brown or red stripes sideways across its back. Its eyes are very large. There is a white spot above each eye.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 'Osteocephalus subtilis'. AmphibiaWebUniversity of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Claudia Azevedo-Ramos. 'Osteocephalus subtilis'. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2004). p. e.T55802A11364549. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55802A11364549.en. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R.. 'Osteocephalus subtilis (Martins and Cardoso, 1987). Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference.American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Camilo Rodríguez López. Osteocephalus subtilis Martins and Cardoso, 1987 (Anura: Hylidae): new distribution record (English). Check List (1) (March 1, 2013). doi:10.15560/9.1.116. Retrieved July 13, 2022.