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Sphaenorhynchus lacteus

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| image = Sphaenorhynchus lacteus.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Enrique La Marca, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Jerry Hardy |date=2010 |title=Sphaenorhynchus lacteus |volume=2010 |page=e.T56015A11409132 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T56015A11409132.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Sphaenorhynchus lacteus

| authority = (Daudin, 1800)

| synonyms =

Hyla lactea Daudin, 1800

Hyla lactea Daudin, 1801

Rana aurantia Shaw, 1802

Hyla aurantiaca Daudin, 1802

Sphaenorhynchus eurhostus Rivero, 1969

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Sphaenorhynchus lacteus, the Orinoco lime treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is a widely distributed species found in the Orinoco and Amazon basins in Venezuela, the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana), Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It also occurs in Trinidad and Tobago.

File:Sphaenorhynchus lacteus (10.5852-ejt.2022.836.1919) Figure 9 (cropped).png, Brazil]]

Description

Adult males measure {{convert|26|-|42|mm|abbr=on}} and females {{convert|38|-|46|mm|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length.

The snout is pointed in dorsal view and angles sharply back when viewed laterally. The tympanum is visible. The fingers are one-half to two-thirds webbed whereas the toes are fully webbed. The dorsum is bright green with dark brown canthal stripe. The venter and outer margins of the limbs are white whereas the ventral surfaces of the limbs are bluish green. The iris is pale creamy bronze.

Habitat and conservation

Sphaenorhynchus lacteus is a semi-aquatic frog found in flooded plains, floating meadows, ponds, and large lagoons in forest clearings, at forest edges, and in savanna. It has also been recorded in leaf litter in tropical rainforest, in seasonally flooded agricultural land, and flooded roadside ditches. It occurs at elevations to {{convert|300|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. Males call from floating vegetation and emergent grasses at night.

Sphaenorhynchus lacteus is a common species through most of its range. It can locally be threatened by habitat loss and pollution. Its range includes several protected areas. It can be found in the pet trade.

References

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{{cite web |url=http://amphibiaweb.org/species/1174 |title=Sphaenorhynchus lacteus |year=2013 |work=AmphibiaWeb |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |accessdate=10 June 2017}}

{{cite web |url=http://zoologia.puce.edu.ec/Vertebrados/anfibios/FichaEspecie.aspx?Id=1352 |title=Sphaenorhynchus dorisae Daudin (1800) |author=Ortiz, D. A. |author2=Read, M. |author3=Ron, S. |year=2013–2015 |work=Ron, S. R., Guayasamin, J. M., Yanez-Muñoz, M. H., Merino-Viteri, A., Ortiz, D. A. and Nicolalde, D. A. 2016. AmphibiaWebEcuador. Version 2016.0 |publisher=Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (QCAZ) |accessdate=10 June 2017}}

{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Scinaxinae/Sphaenorhynchus/Sphaenorhynchus-lacteus |title=Sphaenorhynchus lacteus (Daudin, 1800) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2017 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=10 June 2017}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.batrachia.com/orden-anura/hylidae/sphaenorhynchus-lacteus/ |title=Sphaenorhynchus lacteus (Daudin, 1800) |author1=Acosta Galvis, A. R. |author2=D. Cuentas |year=2017 |work=Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.07.2017.0 |publisher=www.batrachia.com |accessdate=10 June 2017}}

{{cite journal| last1 = Rodríguez| first1 = Lily O.| last2 = Duellman | first2 = William E.| year = 1994 | title = Guide to the frogs of the Iquitos Region, Amazonian Perú | journal = Special Publication, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas | volume=22 | pages = 1–80 | publisher = Asociación de Ecología y Conservación, Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research and Natural History Museum, University of Kansas| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/7937}}

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lacteus

Category:Amphibians of Bolivia

Category:Frogs of Brazil

Category:Amphibians of Colombia

Category:Amphibians of Ecuador

Category:Amphibians of French Guiana

Category:Amphibians of Guyana

Category:Frogs of Peru

Category:Amphibians of Suriname

Category:Amphibians of Trinidad and Tobago

Category:Amphibians of Venezuela

Category:Amphibians described in 1800

Category:Taxa named by François Marie Daudin

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot