Boana curupi

The yellow-spotted tree frog, fasciated frog or spotted tree frog (Boana albopunctata) is a frog that lives in Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina. Scientists have seen it between 300 and 700 meters above sea level.[1][3]

Boana curupi
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Boana
Species:
B. albopunctata
Binomial name
Boana albopunctata
(Garcia, Faivovich, and Haddad, 2007)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hypsiboas curupi Garcia, Faivovich, and Haddad, 2007
  • Boana curupi Garcia, Faivovich, and Haddad, 2007

The adult male frog is 29.0 to 43.4 mm long from nose to rear end, and the adult female frog is 41.3 to 47.0 mm long.[1]

This frog is dark brown in color with darker patches and a white stripe on its lip. It is lighter at the throat. Its bones are green and the iris of its eye is gold.[1]

The frog's name comes from "Curupi," also called "Curipira" or "Kurupira," a creature from folklore that protects the forest and the living things in it.[1]

References
  1. Henry Zhu. Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Boana curupi". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  2. Ariadne Angulo (2016). "Kurupitree Frog: Boana curupi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136096A4233083. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136096A4233083.en. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  3. "Boana curupi (Garcia, Faivovich, and Haddad, 2007)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved July 22, 2021.


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