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Bocourt's tree frog

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Bocourt's tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dryophytes
Species:
D. bocourti
Binomial name
Dryophytes bocourti
(Mocquard, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Hyliola bocourti Mocquard, 1899
  • Hyla bocourti (Mocquard, 1899)

Bocourt's tree frog (Dryophytes bocourti), or Bocourt's treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Guatemala and found on the mountains of the southern Alta Verapaz Department and Baja Verapaz Department.[1][2] It is named after Marie Firmin Bocourt, a French zoologist and artist.[3]

Bocourt's tree frogs have 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. They appear to tolerate some habitat disturbance. They breed in temporary pools.[1]

The species seems to have undergone a serious decline. This is attributed to pesticide pollution from the ornamental plant industry and, possibly, to chytridiomycosis.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (22 April 2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2.