Pseudis platensis

Pseudis platensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Pseudis
Species:
P. platensis
Binomial name
Pseudis platensis
(Gallardo, 1961)
Synonyms[2]
  • Pseudis paradoxus platensis (Gallardo, 1961)
  • Pseudis paradoxus occidentalis (Gallardo, 1961)
  • Pseudis platensis (Aguiar, Bacci, Lima, Rossa-Feres, Haddad, and Recco-Pimentel, 2007)

Pseudis platensis is a frog that lives in Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil.[2][3]

Scientists used to think this was the same frog as Pseudis paradoxa. They said it was a subspecies. They called it Pseudis paradoxa platensis. Then, in 2007, scientists looked at the frog's genes. The genes of Pseudis platensis were different enough from Pseudis paradoxa to say it was its own species.[4]

References

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  1. ↑ Ariadne Angulo (2008). "Pseudis platensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T135794A4202433. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135794A4202433.en. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Pseudis platensis (Gallardo, 1961)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Pseudis platensis". Amphibiaweb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  4. ↑ Aguiar O; Bacci M; Lima AP; Rossa-Feres DC; Haddad CFB; Recco-Pimentel SM (July 26, 2007). "Phylogenetic relationships of Pseudis and Lysapsus (Anura, Hylidae, Hylinae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences". Cladistics (Full text). 23 (5): 455–463. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00154.x. S2CID 83522453.