Rusty tree frog facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Rusty tree frog
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Boana
Species:	boans
Synonyms
List Rana boans Linnaeus, 1758 Rana maxima Laurenti, 1768 Rana palmata Lacépède, 1788 Rana palmata Bonnaterre, 1789 Calamita maximus Schneider, 1799 Calamita boans Schneider, 1799 Hyla boans Daudin, 1800 Hyla palmata Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801 Hyla maxima Oken, 1816 Calamita palmatus Merrem, 1820 Hypsiboas palmata Wagler, 1830 Hypsiboas palmatus Tschudi, 1838 Lobipes palmata Fitzinger, 1843 Cinclidium granulatum Cope, 1867 Hyla lactea Lönnberg, 1896 Hyla daudini Lutz, 1973 Hypsiboas boans Faivovich et al'., 2005

The rusty tree frog (Boana boans), also known as the giant gladiator treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in South America and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and intermittent freshwater marshes. In some areas, it is sympatric with H. rosenbergi.

Names

It is called ukato in the Kwaza language of Rondônia, Brazil.

See also

In Spanish: Rana gladiadora gigante para niños