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Hispaniolan giant tree frog

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Hispaniolan giant tree frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Osteopilus
Species:
O. vastus
Binomial name
Osteopilus vastus
(Cope, 1871)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla vasta Cope, 1871
  • Osteopilus vastus Henderson and Powell, 2003

The Hispaniolan giant tree frog or Hispaniola tree frog (Osteopilus vastus) is a frog. It lives in Hispaniola. Hispaniola is an island, and the countries Haiti and the Dominican Republic are on it. Scientists have seen it as high as 1700 meters above sea level.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy

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Some Giant Tree frogs from southern Hispaniola may be a part of a different species.[4]

Conservation

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Deforestation and degradation or steams is the main cause of Habitat loss for Giant Tree Frogs.[4]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Osteopilus vastus: Hispaniolan Yellow Treefrog". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Hispaniolan Giant Treefrog: Osteopilus vastus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T54346A172794001. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T54346A172794001.en. 54346. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Osteopilus vastus (Cope, 1871)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/54346/3014515 viewed on 09/09/2022