Boana lanciformis (Cope, 1871)
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https://doi.org/ 10.15560/15.5.773 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5479536 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/900E87F7-FFAA-960E-FCD8-FE54B1B133E9 |
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Marcus |
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Boana lanciformis (Cope, 1871) |
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Boana lanciformis (Cope, 1871) View in CoL
Material examined. Field observations; (13°25′20″S, 069°36′36″W), 27–28.IX.2013.
Identification. A large tree-frog, SVL 61.5–80 mm in males and 83–94 mm in females. It can be identified by a pointed snout with a white labial line. Dorsal skin smooth and light brown; venter light cream with distinctive large darker cream blotches. There are no similar tree frog species in the neighboring localities ( Duellman 1978, Rodriguez and Duellman 1994).
Distribution. Boana lanciformis is widely distributed in the Amazonian forests in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela ( Duellman 1978, de la Riva et al. 2000, Frost 2019).
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