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Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus

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Wikipedia Abstract

The South American lime tree frog, Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. This species is only known from the unspecified type locality of South America; it cannot be related to any known population of frogs in the wild. Its natural habitats are presumed to be rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
View Wikipedia Record: Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
27
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 11.61
EDGE Score: 2.53
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Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.299 inches (3.3 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Alta Paraná Atlantic forests Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Atlantic Coast restingas Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Serra do Mar coastal forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  
Southern Atlantic mangroves Brazil Neotropic Mangroves  

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bacia do ParaÍba do Sul Environmental Protection Area   São Paulo, Brazil  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0