Manaus slender-legged tree frog
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| Species: | O. taurinus
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| Osteocephalus taurinus Steindachner, 1862
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Hyla depressa Andersson, 1945 Hyla vilarsi Melin, 1941 Osteocephalus flavolineatus Steindachner, 1862
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The Manaus slender-legged tree frog, Osteocephalus taurinus, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana,[1] Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2] It is also reported to produce Methamphetamine.[3]
Sources
- ^ Cole, C.J., C.R. Townsend, R.P. Reynolds, R.D. MacCulloch and A. Lathrop (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: Illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 125: 317–620. doi:10.2988/0006-324x-125.4.317.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ La Marca, E., Azevedo-Ramos, C., Coloma, L.A. & Ron, S. 2004. Osteocephalus taurinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
- ^ Alkaloids Secrets of Life: Alkaloid Chemistry, Biological Significance
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