Bocourt's tree frog
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Dryophytes |
| Species: | D. bocourti
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| Binomial name | |
| Dryophytes bocourti (Mocquard, 1899)
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Bocourt's tree frog (Dryophytes bocourti), or Bocourt's treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. The species is endemic to Guatemala and found on the mountains of southern Alta Verapaz Department and Baja Verapaz Department.[1][2] It is named after Marie Firmin Bocourt, a French zoologist and artist.[3]: 25
Habitat
[edit]Bocourt's tree frog has been found in open, grassy meadows that are flooded during the early part of the rainy season, as well as under sheaths of banana plants and in a bromeliad. It appears to tolerate some habitat disturbance.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]Bocourt's treefrog breeds in temporary pools.[1]
Conservation status
[edit]The species Dryophytes bocourti seems to have undergone a serious decline. This is attributed to pesticide pollution from the ornamental plant industry and, possibly, to chytridiomycosis.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Dryophytes bocourti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55416A54360957. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T55416A54360957.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Hyla bocourti (Mocquard, 1899)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2. xiii + 244 pp.
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