Chaco tree frog

Chaco tree frog
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Boana
Species:	B. raniceps
Binomial name
	Boana raniceps; Cope, 1862
Synonyms
	Hyla roeschmanni (DeGrys, 1938); Hypsiboas raniceps Cope, 1862;

The Chaco tree frog (Boana raniceps) is a frog species in the family Hylidae found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, and Venezuela.^[2]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forests.^[1]

These organisms are considered general predators, meaning that they feed on a wide range of prey.^[3] They catch their prey using a sit-and-wait foraging technique.^[4] They tend to hunt high above the ground in the trees.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Enrique La Marca, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Débora Silvano, Norman Scott, Lucy Aquino, Julian Faivovich (2004). "Boana raniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55622A11341908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55622A11341908.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Hypsiboas raniceps Cope, 1862". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
^ Machado, Heitor Tavares de Sousa; Silva, Cristiana Ferreira da; Benício, Ronildo Alves; Ávila, Robson Waldemar (2023-09-20). "Feeding ecology, reproductive biology, and sexual dimorphism of Boana raniceps (Anura: Hylidae) in an area of Caatinga, northeastern Brazil". Caldasia. 46 (1): 71–80. doi:10.15446/caldasia.v46n1.99220. ISSN 2357-3759.
^ Assunção Rodrigues, N. L., Castro Araújo, K., Ávila, R. W., & de Andrade, E. B. (2023). Feeding habits of Boana raniceps (Cope, 1862) in three mountains of Brazilian semiarid. Universitas Scientiarum, 28(2), 257–277. https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.SC282.fhob
^ Cavalheri, D.G., Nehemy, I.K., Cavalcante, K., Carrillo, J.F., & Santana, D.J. (2023). PREDATION OF Dryophylax chaquensis (SERPENTES: DIPSADIDAE) UPON Elachistocleis matogrosso AND Boana raniceps (ANURA). Acta Biológica Colombiana.

[iucn_status_17_November_2021-1] Enrique La Marca, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Débora Silvano, Norman Scott, Lucy Aquino, Julian Faivovich (2004). "Boana raniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T55622A11341908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T55622A11341908.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[frost-2] Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Hypsiboas raniceps Cope, 1862". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

[3] Machado, Heitor Tavares de Sousa; Silva, Cristiana Ferreira da; Benício, Ronildo Alves; Ávila, Robson Waldemar (2023-09-20). "Feeding ecology, reproductive biology, and sexual dimorphism of Boana raniceps (Anura: Hylidae) in an area of Caatinga, northeastern Brazil". Caldasia. 46 (1): 71–80. doi:10.15446/caldasia.v46n1.99220. ISSN 2357-3759.

[4] Assunção Rodrigues, N. L., Castro Araújo, K., Ávila, R. W., & de Andrade, E. B. (2023). Feeding habits of Boana raniceps (Cope, 1862) in three mountains of Brazilian semiarid. Universitas Scientiarum, 28(2), 257–277. https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.SC282.fhob

[5] Cavalheri, D.G., Nehemy, I.K., Cavalcante, K., Carrillo, J.F., & Santana, D.J. (2023). PREDATION OF Dryophylax chaquensis (SERPENTES: DIPSADIDAE) UPON Elachistocleis matogrosso AND Boana raniceps (ANURA). Acta Biológica Colombiana.

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