Lesser tree frog

Lesser tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dendropsophus
Species:
D. minutus
Binomial name
Dendropsophus minutus
(Peters, 1872)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla minuta (Peters, 1872)
  • Hyla minuta (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Hyla venata (Cope 1887)
  • Hyla bivittata (Boulenger, 1888)
  • Hyla pallens (Lutz, 1925)
  • Hyla suturata (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926)
  • Hyla emrichi (Mertens, 1927)
  • Hyla minuta bivittata (Barrio, 1967)
  • Dendropsophus minutus (Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005)
For another species called the Guianan dwarf tree frog, see Dendropsophus goughi

The Guianan dwarf tree frog or lesser tree frog (Dendropsophus minutus) is a frog that lives in the Guianas, Colombia, Trinidad, Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Peru, Argentina, and Brazil. It lives in a very large part of South America. Scientists have seen it as high as 2000 meters above sea level and as low as at sea level.[3][1]

The male frogs sing for the female frogs from grass and shrubs near water and from plants growing up out of the water. Male frogs will fight each other over the best places to sing. The females lay eggs in water that does not move, like ponds and puddles.[1]

Lesser tree frogs can look very different from each other.

This frog lives in a very large part of South America, in places that are very different from each other, so the individual frogs are also different from each other. In 2014, a team of 30 scientists studied the mtDNA of this frog and found the whole species had 47 different groups in it.[1]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Camila Both; Geraldo Carvalho; Mirco Sole (May 27, 2004). "Lesser Tree Frog: Dendropsophus minutus". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  2. ↑ Débora Silvano; Claudia Azevedo-Ramos; Enrique La Marca; Luis A. Coloma; Santiago Ron; Jose Langone; Diego Baldo; Jerry Hardy (2010). "Lesser Tree Frog: Dendropsophus acreanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T55565A11332552. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T55565A11332552.en. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Dendropsophus minutus (Peters, 1872)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved May 3, 2021.