Kanaima tree frog

Kanaima tree frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Myersiohyla
Species: M. kanaima
Binomial name
Myersiohyla kanaima
(Goin & Woodley, 1969)

The Kanaima tree frog, Myersiohyla kanaima, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family found in Guyana[1] and possibly Brazil and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests,[2] and rivers.

References

  1. 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.
  2. MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop (2005). "Hylid frogs from Mount Ayanganna, Guyana: new species, redescriptions and distributional records". Phyllomedusa. 4: 17–37. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v4i1p17-37.


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